Short Riddles

Short Riddles
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Here is our collection of short riddles. They are concise and can make you think a lot using just a few
words, because some of them are hard.
1. One strand dangles. Two strands twist.

Three or more can fashion this.
2. Precious stones in a pack of cards.
3. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
4. Can you think of a crime that is punishable if attempted but not

punishable if actually committed?
5. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
6. What word looks the same upside down and backwards?
7. What can be measured but has no length, width or height?
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8. What 11-letter English word is always pronounced incorrectly?
9. Your reflection can be seen here, as long as you're not moving.
10. Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.
11. Travel a mile and I will change, travel a million and I will end as I
started. What am I?
12. I have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door.

What am I?
13. Lighter than what I'm made of, more of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?
14. What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are
removed?
15. What type of dress can never be worn?
16. I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things
you can see.
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17. What's that 7 letter word with thousands of letters in it?
18. What five-letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always
pronounced wrong?
19. What is something you will never see again?
20. What time is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
21. He's small but he can climb a tower.
22. What heavy seven letter word can you take two away from and be left
with eight?
23. What seven-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is
removed?
24. I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle.
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What am I?
25. When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am
I?
26. Forwards I am heavy, but backwards I am not.

What am I?
27. Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead!
28. What has one eye but cannot see?
29. I have a pet, his body is full of coins.
30. A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.
31. Even if you throw it away, it still comes back.
32. I am the first you ever saw, what greets you every morning and what
goes out in the end.
33. What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?
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34. What has 4 eyes but can't see?
35. What is all over a house?
36. What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not living?
37. Everyone has me but nobody can lose me.

What am I?
38. I have four legs, a back, but no head. What am I?
39. Although I'm far from the point, I'm not a mistake. I fix yours. What
am I?
40. What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
41. What always goes to bed with its shoes on?
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42. What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
43. Which side of a cat has the most fur?
44. I have eight to spare and am covered with hair.
45. What building has the most stories?
46. What starts with an "e" but only has a single letter in it?
47. What ship has no captain but two mates?
48. The shorter I am, the bigger I am.

What am I?
49. What is bought by the yard by is worn by the foot?
50. What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?
51. There is a kind of fish that can never swim.

What is that?
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52. What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?
53. What can you catch but not throw?
54. What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?
55. What starts with a P, ends with an E and has a million letters in it?
56. What type of house weighs the least?
57. What kind of room doesn't have physical walls?
58. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
59. What goes up and down without moving?
60. Which popular cheese is made backwards?
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61. What fastens two people yet touches only one?
62. What has a foot but no leg?
63. What stinks when living and smells good when dead?
64. What's red and bad for your teeth?
65. What is it that no man wants, but no man wants to lose?
66. What does an old tan broken down house wear outside?
67. Weight in my belly, trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, feet I do lack.

What am I?
68. Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?
69. What kind of street does a ghost like best?
70. What has a big mouth, yet never speaks?
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71. The more you take the more you leave behind.
72. The virgin gave birth to a child and threw away the blanket.
73. There is a creature of God whose body is hard; it does not wish to eat
unless you strike its head.
74. I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord.
75. What do you have when you're sitting down that you don't have when
you're standing up?
76. When the creeper passes, all the grass kneels.
77. What goes in the water black and comes out red?
78. Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls.
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79. You can only have it once you have given it.
80. What can you fold but not crease?
81. I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it stops.
82. I have a tongue but cannot taste. I have a soul but cannot feel. What
am I?
83. We are five little objects of an everyday sort,

You will find us all in a tennis court.
84. What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
85. Slayer of regrets, old and new, sought by many, found by few.
86. I ate one and threw away two.
87. Kills the bad ones and the sad ones. Tightens to fit, so one size fits.
88. Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again.
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89. An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh,
and the flesh is alive!
90. Two legs I have, and this will confound, only at rest do they touch the
ground. What am I?
91. A deep well full of knives
92. What grows in winter, dies in summer, and grows roots upward?
93. With head without hair. With mouth without tooth.
94. What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
95. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
96. What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?
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97. What has to be broken before you can use it?
98. I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall.
99. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
100. Two birds, trying to balance in one twig.
101. Tall when seated, short when standing.
102. What's always coming, but never arrives?
103. I am a seed, three letters in the name,

Take away two and I sound quite the same.
What am I?
104. What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?
105. What loses its head every morning only to get it back every night?
106. What is red and smells like blue paint?
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107. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
108. Which bow can't be tied?
109. What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger
but weighs less?
110. What has ten letters and starts with gas?
111. When it was young, it had a tail. When it grew up, it had knees.
112. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you
take away four of its five letters?
113. What demands an answer, but asks no question?
114. The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
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115. Useful tool for who in darkness dwell.
Within you, corrupting like a deadly spell.
116. Three little letters, a paradox to some.

The worse that it is, the better it becomes.
117. From that which comes within itself,

It builds its table on my shelf.
118. What is red and nailed to a wall?
119. What has 3 feet but cannot walk?
120. What can an elephant and a shrimp both be?
121. I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?
122. What do people want the least on their hands?
123. I grow for a surface, even if you cut me. I continue to grow even after
death.
124. Blend a teapot shot so the pearlies won't rot!

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125. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead.
What am I?
126. You'll have me at night and if you remove the first letter I denote the
top, such as on a train.
127. What goes in the water red, and comes out black?
128. What can be right but never wrong?
129. I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?
130. What has feet and legs and nothing else?
131. We chop its feet; we drink its blood.
132. It produces a flower but it is not its fruit; it produces branches which
are its fruit.
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133. What gets broken without being hold?
134. A fruit on a tree. A tree on a fruit.
135. What is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
136. When they are caught, they are thrown away.

When they escape, you itch all day.
137. You can have it, and be at it,

But it never lasts forever.
138. What is given but kept by the giver?
139. The stack just might be sent all over. Full of what's new, yet it's nearly
obsolete.
140. When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?
141. I have a thousand wheels, but move I do not. Call me what I am, call
me a lot.
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142. Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out under
his own roof?
143. Not a priest, not a king but wears different kinds of clothes.
144. Today he is there to trip you up and he will torture you tomorrow.
145. What goes through a door but never goes in and never comes out?
146. What can you throw but not catch?
147. Steals an event or even a mood. Reveals the truth or shatters it.
148. It is hate and has hate in it, but it isn't hate.
149. What is never used unless it's in a tight place?
150.
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Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes!
151. Just head and foot yet never tires of dancing.
152. What kinds of men are always above board?
153. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed and
thought delicious?
154. What can be swallowed, but can swallow you?
155. A tree with 5 branches, no leaves and no fruits.
156. I am nothing but holes tied to holes, yet am strong as iron.
157. Poorly behaved children often find themselves sitting in these.
158. I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?
159. People buy me to eat, but never eat me.

What am I?
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160. I never ask questions, but I am always answered. What am I?
161. It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not
shaddock. What am I?
162. A long snake that smokes. What am I?
163. A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done.
What am I?
164. Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I
have flown. What am I?
165. Sometimes I am light, sometimes I am dark. What am I?
166. Two bodies with ribs, exposed. What am I?
167. I have no brain but am still smarter than the average human.
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What am I?
168. I am not alive but I grow. I don't have lungs but I need air. What am i?
169. I go around all the places; cities, towns and villages, but never come
inside. What am I?
170. I have no life, but I can die.

What am I?
171. I build up castles. I tear down mountains.

I make some men blind, I help others to see.
What am I?
172. I only have one entrance, but you can come out with three exits.
What am I?
173. I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?
174. I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?
175. If you eat me, my sender will eat you.

What am I?
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176. I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is
never thrown. What am I?
177. What is it that leaps and runs and yet, has no feet?
178. If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it.
What is it?
179. A hill full, a hole full; yet you cannot catch a bowl full. What is it?
180. Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, but even a river can't fill it up. What is
it?
181. What is it something that you always have but you always leave
behind?
182. What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to
heaven?
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183. Round like a dishpan and smaller than a bathtub. But the ocean can't
fill it.
What is it?
184. Round as an apple, deep as a cup, and all the kings' horses can't fill it
up. What is it?
185. Thousands of these come together to make a digital image. What is it?
186. The sharp slim blade, that cuts the wind. What is it?
187. It's got twists and turns, but has no curves.

Twist it to fix it, turn it to ruin it.
What is it?
188. MT_TF_S What are the missing letters? Why?
189. There was a plane crash and every single person died.
Who survived?
190. What would you father's only sister's sister-in-law be to you?
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191. If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to
catch a mouse?
192. A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next
birthday. How is this possible?
193. What is neither inside the house nor outside the house but a necessity
for any home?
194. Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or
sparrow?
195. What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
196. Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the
same birthdays. How could this be?
197. Can you guess the next letter in the series? "CYGTNLIT"
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198. What is taken before you can get it?
199. If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after
tomorrow.
200. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
201. What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and
added together?
202. A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball.
How much does the ball cost?
203. When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add
seven, I get one. What am I?
204. Divide 20 by half and add 30, what do you get?
205. If Mr. Flynn is 90 centimeters plus half his height, how tall is he?
206. How can you give someone $83 using exactly 7 bills, without using
any one dollar bills?
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207. What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a
telephone's number pad?
208. What do mathematics teachers like to eat?
209. What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of
9/10 of 1000?
210. How many days are there in 4 years?
211. Three times what number is no larger than two times that same
number?
212. How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000?
213. Mr. Smith has 4 daughters.

Each of his daughters has a brother.
How many children does Mr. Smith have?
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214. Use the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the symbols + and = to make a true
equation.
215. Place three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches
to make eight.
216. One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy. What is the weight
of one brick?
217. What did one math book say to another?
218. When my father was 31 I was 8.

Now he is twice as old as me.
How old am I?
219. An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents.

How much is a pear?
220. I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice

as old as her. How old are we now?
221. The more you have of me, the less you see.
Who am I?
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222. I'm a god, a planet, and measurer of heat.

Who am I?
223. I shave several times a day, yet I still have a beard. Who am I?
224. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within.
Who am I?
225. I give milk and have a horn but I'm not a cow. Who am I?
226. You throw me out when you want to use me and you take me in when
you don't want to use me.
Who am I?
227. You can hold it without using your hands or your arms.
What is it?
228. What tastes better than it smells?
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229. It's been around for millions of years, but is never more than a month
old. What is it?
230. What can you keep after giving it to someone?
231. What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?
232. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do.
What is it?
233. What breaks on the water but never on the land?
234. What turns everything around but does not move?
235. What is long and filled with seamen?
236. You are having a bad day if 12 peers deem you to be this.
237. Something wholly unreal, yet seems real to I. Think my friend, tell me
where does it lie?
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238. I always run but never walk,

I sometimes sing but cannot talk,
No head on which a hat to place,
You always look me in the face.
239. What is used by man, tossed by trees, everywhere but unseen?
240. I'm a ring of sliced onion dipped in batter and then deep fried.
241. I cannot be bought, cannot be sold, even if I'm sometimes made of

gold. What am I?
242. I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?
243. What do you call two witches who live together?
244. I am used when you jump off a bridge for fun. What am I?
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245. I have a straight back and sharp teeth to cut objects. What am I?
246. This food is a white meat, that often goes with salad. It's poultry.
247. The line a runner strives to reach.
248. I am an English word with 3 consecutive double letters. What am I?
249. More rare today than long ago. There's a salutation from friends
written below. What am I?
250. Found under bridges and on the Internet.
251. How do snails travel?
252. It stands on one leg with its heart in its head. What is it?
253. I flow from the mouth of Homer when he sees doughnuts. What am I?
254. As your ideas grow, I shrink. What am I?
255. Give it a toss, and it's ready, but not until it's dressed. What is it?
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256. I don't forget! What am I?
257. I get wet when drying. I get dirty when wiping. What am I?
258. I am needed for most animals and hardcover books. What am I?
259. What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?
260. I can be short and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress.
261. Held firmly in the hands, like a sword it cuts deep.

Bloodless strokes, all, then forward we leap.
262. I am longer than a decade and shorter than a millennium. What am I?
263. What's higher than the king?
264. The homes of tiny creatures that collect in corners if you aren't
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265. If you held me for too long, you would die. What am I?
266. I'm a god. I'm a planet. I measure heat.
267. Goliath, The Jolly Green and Andre are all examples of this.
268. Something we eat, and misspell as meet.
269. I'm a small ring shaped fried cake, often with bavarian cream or fruit
filling, and sometimes covered in icing and sprinkles.
270. A blackbird similar to, but much bigger than a crow.
271. He has a genie to thank for the fact that he married a princess.
272. I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
273. I can be used to type and point you see. But don't forget, you can count
on me. What am I?
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274. Barren location, infertile and dry;

my name means "to leave", it's not heard to see why.
275. Microparasite expert at sucking the blood of mammals and birds.
276. My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.
277. I have two hands but cannot clap
278. A toy that requires some string and a breezy day.
279. Describes a mysterious region and a stylish pair of shorts.
280. They're up near the sky, on something very tall. Sometimes they die,
only then do they fall.
281. It is the electronic version of junk mail or a salty meat in a can.
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282. Two legs I've got,
Which never walk on ground;
But when I go or run,
One leg turns round.
283. A precious fluid, thicker than water.
284. I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the
dead. What did I see?
285. It is the offspring of a circle and a rectangle.
286. Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?
287. A certain wizard resided in a city made from this gemstone.
288. One of the few vegetables that is routinely consumed with

marshmallows.
289. There are four of us, but it seems like everyone loves spades the most.
What am I?
290. Where do sailors take their baths?

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291. What has a hundred limbs, sometimes leaves, but cannot walk?
292. What is made of wood but can't be sawed?
293. Can describe a distress signal or flashy accessories.
294. What has a ring but no fingers?
295. Being able to interpret the letters on this screen proves that you have
this quality.
296. What does a cat have that no other animal has?
297. I am the best thing that can happen after a stick hits a ball. What am
I?
298. This thing runs but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks.
Lacks arms, has hands; lacks a head but has a face.
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299. I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my
game. What is his name?
300. A flash of light on a grey day.

If you're made of metal, you best stay away.
What am I?
301. What is green, has four legs, no tail, and usually heard at night?
302. I make a living following the wealthy and beautiful. What am I?
303. In the evening I'm long, in the morning I'm small;

When seen in a ballroom, I'm nothing at all.
304. This is in a realm of true and in a realm false, but you experience me
as you turn and toss.
305. What binds two people yet touches only one?
306. I am a place with substance and story, where many masquerade to

there glory. What am I?
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307. What can get you there in eco style, pushed by your legs mile after
mile?
308. I start in little but I end in full, you'll find me in half and complete.
309. Gets rid of bad ones, short and tall. Tightens when used, one size fits
all.
310. With sharp edged wit and pointed poise.

It can settle disputes without making a noise.
311. A type of hammer that brings a room to order.
312. Ambitious people will climb the social version of this contraption.
313. What is never eaten before lunch?
314. I crushed on Wendy Darling. What am I?
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315. What is light enough to float but will stay in a pack and may save
your life if its on your back?
316. What becomes white when it is dirty?
317. When life gives you these, make a refreshing beverage.
318. What follows a dog wherever it goes?
319. Put into a pit, locked beneath a grate, guarded through the night, yet it
still goes out.
320. What animal dwells in water and best known for its work ethic?
321. How can a pants pocket be empty and still have something in it?
322. What can be any size or shape and gets bigger the more you take from
it?
323. A king without a crown.
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324. My first half means container. Not a lot of people understand my

language. What am I?
325. What is the end of everything?
326. You row in one while you float.
327. Teddy bears are never hungry because they are always what?
328. What is found over your head but under your hat?
329. What is something yet nothing, but if you fill it up it will disappear?
330. What flies without wings?
331. Score in end zones. What am I?
332.
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It is sometimes known to have silver linings.
333. Where do cows go to dance?
334. Come up and let us go. Go down and here we stay.
335. Commits friendly home invasions one night a year.
336. According to the music industry, you can count on a midnight train
and the devil to turn up here.
337. Consuming food would be pretty tough without these chompers.
338. It's a game played by serious people that takes place on a global scale.
339. The more you take of me, the more you leave behind.
What am I?
340. Bury deep,

Pile on stones,
My mind will always
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341. What can touch someone once and last them a lifetime?
342. I am an animal and a hair product. What am I?
343. This small creature kills even the largest one.
344. If a dog were filling out a resume, he might list his mastery of this
game under "skills."
345. The epic tale of two women battling over a sparkly pair of shoes.
346. I provide cover for games of footsie and tax-free wages. What am I?
347. What has one hand longer than the other, and goes on all day and
night?
348. The ones in the sea are prickly, but the ones on the street might
pickpocket you.
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349. Which is the oldest tree?
350. An art-form and its colourful result.
351. Doing this with your job can be risky but doing it with smoking is
always a good idea.
352. You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace.
Which do you light first?
353. What measures out time until in time all is smashed to it?
354. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make
it lighter. What am I?
355. I'm the start of eternity and the end of space. There are two of me in
heaven and one in hell.
356. What can speak without a tongue and listen without ears?
357. What lives where it cannot breathe and has a hole in its back?
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358. I do not contain flesh, feather, or scales; yet I have fingers and thumbs.
What am I?
359. Born in a shell I adorn your neck. What am I?
360. Makes dough grow.
361. What liquid can contain the soul?
362. What has three feet but no arms or legs?
363. You fill it and it empties,

A metaphor for plenty,
Depending on what half you see,
It's either full or empty.
364. I am clean when I'm black, dirty when I'm white. What am I?
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365. I am shared by goats, devils, and unicorns. What am I?
366. Don't do this in the shallow end.
367. I am the home for feathery animals. What am I?
368. My flavors ranges from strawberry to toe. What am I?
369. What is the largest living ant on earth?
370. I am round as a bowl, deep as a tub, but all the world's water couldn't
fill me up.
371. What has a head and a tail but no body?
372. It's tough as nails, Or soft as snow. People use it for their rink, Some
just put in their drink.
373. I'm an old relative who's hand's can't hold anything and eyes can't see
anything. What am I?
374. What eight letter word has "kst" in middle, in the beginning and at
the end?
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375. It speaks without a tongue, and listens without ears.
376. I do not have eyes but I once could see. I used to have thoughts but
now I'm empty. What am I?
377. You can break it or drink water from it.
378. There's one in every deck of cards and in a famous movie.
379. Material for making balls and men that only shows up at certain
times of the year.
380. You need a key to receive an answer from me. The answer you'll find
is straight from your mind. What is it?
381. I have three eyes and only one leg. Obey me or you will be sorry. What
am I?
382. I am everywhere but cannot be seen, captured or held, only heard.
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What am I?
383. I direct you from outer space. What am I?
384. Don't forget to do this before blowing out the candles.
385. What is the ending of all that begins?
386. I am very afraid of doing scary activities. What am I?
387. What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
388. Sitting down you have it, Standing up you don't.
389. These are needed to finish a test
390. The only amusing part of the body. What am I?
391. Cows do this to salt and humans do it to ice cream.
392. It can be clear like water, but it burns like fire.
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393. A white horned symbol of purity and grace.
394. Skirts for men. What am I?
395. What is an acceptable act of violence during saint Patrick's day?
396. Delicious but said to be a lie.
397. A big shiny black car nobody wants to be a passenger in.
398. The most fabulous way to locate pots of gold.
399. A kind of weather that comes your way, but add a "D" and it will run
away.
400. A device that nearly everyone has that can freeze anyone it sees.
What is it?
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401. This became a fashion statement in the garden of Eden.
402. What is common to eat before it's born and after it's dead?
403. I am but three holes. When you come out of me, you are still inside
me. What am I?
404. It's real until the trick is revealed.
405. In my life I must bare, my bloodline I must share. What am I?
406. I hold two people together but touch only one. What am I?
407. What has holes on each side, but can still can hold water?
408. Tucked out of sight. I sing best at night.

No instrument around, but you'll find me on the ground.
What am I?
409. I am commonly abbreviated to H. What am I?
410. You might accuse someone living with a stolen identity of being this.
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411. What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
412. This is your stomach's way of letting you know you've neglected it.
413. It is a path of cow juice spread across the sky but cannot be seen by
the naked eye.
414. I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.
415. One time every year, there is a very special day. Little have the same,
everyone party a different way.
416. Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried.
417. I travel in a gaggle. What am I?
418. I produce wool and spit a lot. What am I?
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419. What stays on the ground but never gets dirty?
420. What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most
known what it's saying?
421. How a big, hibernating mammal would show affection.
422. What do you call a rabbit with fleas?
423. This is a shape and a symbol that we literally cannot live without.
What is it?
424. If you can get this professional's attention you can get where you need
to go for a price.
425. I carried by mad animals. What am I?
426. A defendant will go free if a reasonable amount of this exists.
427. I will disappear every time you say my name.

What am I?
428. A stellar five-limbed sea creature.

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429. Doing something of this nature is likely to land you in court.
430. I give life for my own, have a beginning, but my end is unknown.
What am I?
431. What bone has a sense of humor?
432. Do this to your gifts to make them festive.
433. This is the most famous bank where children keep their assets.
434. I have arms but cannot carry a thing. But wave at me and I wave back
at you. What am I?
435. I am a piece of paper that takes most people 3 or 4 years to get. What
am I?
436. Has no feet, but travels far. Is literate, but not a scholar. Has no mouth,
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yet clearly speaks.
437. I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night.
What am I?
438. I can help you to mend. I hide my body but never my head. What am I?
439. An image taken from real life.
440. I have strong affection for belly buttons. What am I?
441. Both boats with holes and dirty dishes have this in common.
442. Tiny creatures that have a special relationship with flowers.
443. What kind of dog chases anything red?
444. Chicken noodle and cream of mushroom are two well known
varieties of this kind of food.
445. Defends your noggin from the hard pavement.
446. This is a dead giveaway.

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447. In many hallways you would stand, if not with this in hand.
448. In prison I will be found, but I'll never be in court, unless there's more
than one. What am I?
449. My teeth help me suck. What am I?
450. It nukes food at the touch of a button.
451. It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month
old. What is it?
452. I destroy your home from inside out. What am I?
453. How can the letters OWONDER be rearranged to make one word?
454. One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two
brothers.
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455. What goes inside boots and outside shoes?
456. You roll it or you buy it,

People say you shouldn't try it,
Because you may get a stroke,
From inhaling all that smoke.
457. Men seize it from its home, tear apart its flesh, drink the sweet blood,
then cast its skin aside.
458. What leaps one time out of four?
459. One of the few times it's encouraged to lock lips with a stranger.
460. Use me if you really want to see inside someone. What am I?
461. I am the state when a person is holding a person inside. What am I?
462. If you suffer from this, you might wear a wig.
463. Boxers do this for a living and kids do it in the backseat for free.
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464. Without this, eating food and Steven Spielberg's career would be very
different.
465. I am pinched by grandmas. What am I?
466. Before I grow I'm small.

When I'm old I grow tall.
When I die I give a mighty fall.
What am I?
467. In the forest, this blends in just right, but every December it is covered
with lights. What is it?
468. To cross the water I'm the way. For water I'm above I touch it not, and
truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?
469. I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I
am always around.
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470. I am round. I have only one line. Circle is not my name indeed. What
am I?
471. What animal gives away money and says moo?
472. What kind of dog has no tail?
473. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
474. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night.
475. I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?
476. What animal has feet on the head?
477. Without coolant, you'll have some trouble with this.
478. Canine children. What am I?
479. A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.
480. What is between heaven and earth?

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481. What has a bottom right at the top?
482. Where force can't get through, I with a gentle movement do. What am
I?
483. The Titanic is still here. What am I?
484. What has two spines and a lot of ribs, and carries much but never
moves?
485. I'm a green veggie that looks like a tiny tree.
486. It is something you make after you've weighed your options.
487. Man's most important invention.
488. When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail
leads the way.
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489. Though learning has fed me,
I know not a letter;
I live among the books,
Yet am never the better.
What am I?
490. Fighting technique taken from rams.
491. I contain words about words, some of which you've never heard. What
am I?
492. I can only be played on a windy day. What am I?
493. Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
494. Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp,
then they stand still.
495. I am constantly overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What

am I?
496. What shoes should you wear when your basement is flooded?
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497. A morbidly-named body of water.
498. I dance on one feet and knows only one shape. Someone with same
name as me is very good with directions. What am I?
499. Once they sailed the sea, now they surf the web.
500. Twigs and spheres and poles and plates. Join and bind to reason
make.
501. Found in pizza but also the sky.

You'll know I'm around when I'm close by.
What am I?
502. Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen.
What am I?
503. You are owed one of these when someone wrongs you.
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504. I run cold and hot, I look blue but am red. What am I?
505. Only one foot tall but I govern you. What am I?
506. The offspring of a feline and a Xerox machine.
507. If you drop me I'm sure to crack. But give me a smile and I'll always
smile back.
508. Prior to smartphones, people used this to record their lives.
509. Crooked as a rainbow, and slick as a plate,

Ten thousand horses can't pull it straight.
510. I have roads but no pavement, rivers but no water, and cities but no
buildings. What am I?
511. I contain six letters, minus one and you got twelve. What am I?
512. What kind of table has no legs?
513. Brings you May flowers.
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514. Pirates put their booty in it.
515. I dance and sing in the breeze, but I have neither voice nor feet. What
am I?
516. You do this into someone's ear when you want to be discreet.
517. The more holes you cover the lower it goes.
518. If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty
piggy bank?
519. What do you call a witch that lives in the sand?
520. One might hang a locket from this.
521. Without me where would you be?

I am not your eyes, but I help you see.
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What am I?
522. Makes apples fall from trees.
523. What is the thing that stays the same size, but the more it's used the
more it decreases?
524. I keep things green and keep kids happy during summer time. What
am I?
525. Currency that flirted with a British spy.
526. What is seen in the water and in the sky? It is part of the rainbow and
can be in your eye.
527. The ninja turtles call this place home, as do mythical alligators.
528. What is this Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla rolled around a

filling, typically of beans or ground or shredded beef?
529. I'm white, perfect for cutting and grinding. For most animals I am a
useful tool. What am I?
530. Has feathers but can't fly. Rests on legs but can't walk.
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531. This only turns over once you have travelled very far. What is it?
532. Could be described as the cranium's version of snow.
533. Humans have two that shrink in the light and expand in the dark.
534. A fashion statement whose name sounds like the upper part of a
mobile war machine.
535. My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute. For my face is
yellow my hair is white and my body is green.
536. What force and strength cannot get through,

I with my unique teeth can do.
What am I?
537. Mouth up it gets filled, mouth down it gets empty.
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538. I make billions of dollars selling Windows.
Who am I?
539. My mother is water and my brother the sky.

I am grey when wet but white when dry.
What am I?
540. A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must
fight.
541. Dorothy had a severe disagreement with a woman of this magical

persuasion.
542. This type of corn swells up and bursts into a crisp puff when heated.
543. What you do to determine the length of something.
544. 3 point goal.

What am I?
545. He is not the skinniest of felines.
546. Locked up inside you and yet they can steal it from you.
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547. What flowers have two lips?
548. A building filled with books you can't buy.
549. This is the tallest peak in the happiest place on earth.
550. A gentleman whose offspring have successfully produced offspring of

their own.
551. I'm a long curved fruit that grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh
and yellow skin when ripe.
552. Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
553. It has 8 arms and lots of ink but can't write a word.
554. Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
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555. It happens when something has been cut with H2O.
556. What key is the hardest to turn?
557. We are all around, yet to us you are half blind.

Sunlight makes us invisible, and difficult to find.
558. Power enough to smash ships and crush roofs. Yet it still must fear
the sun.
559. Holding two swords and eight spears. Dressed in a cow-leather tunic.
He peeks through a hole in the door.
560. What never asks questions but receives a lot of answers?
561. A reaction to being spooked that takes its name from waterfowl.
562. This is the main ingredient in spaghetti and Mac-N-Cheese.
563. If someone calls you this, it might be time to consider hot wax.
564. My parents are singers, and while my father has red hair I am pale
and completely bald.
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565. What is filled with air and sometimes a gas, tied to a string and often
seen on your birthday?
566. I may be made of metal, bone, or wood and have many teeth. My bite
hurts no one and the ladies love me. What am I?
567. No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every
month. What am I?
568. A building where people and stories are on stage.
569. What stays the same size no matter how much they weight?
570. Green arrows grow out of my sides. I go from yellow to white. My

babies fly in the wind. What am I?
571. What is the thing which, once poured out, cannot be gathered again?
572. This small, round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red, is
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often served on top of whipped cream on a milk shake.
573. Sends paper without using the post office.
574. A precious gift, yet it has no end, no beginning, and nothing in the
middle.
575. Used to keep prisoners silent and to make temporary repairs on cars.
576. Possibly the word most commonly said before taking a sip.
577. I hop around and deliver eggs at Easter. What am I?
578. Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?
579. A popular afterlife location to send evil people. What am I?
580. Kids love this bouncy, sugary, treat. It's like colorful rubber that you
can eat.
581. Sharp and long, flag of the world. What is it?
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582. What does someone else have to take before you can get?
583. Women don't have and don't want it. Men get it but sometimes they
try to get rid of it. What is it?
584. The ball drops when the clock hits this.
585. I am a activity dogs are very good at when a ball is thrown. What am
I?
586. Despite having long teeth, every bit of food it grabs gets taken from it.
587. I am a desire to munch. What am I?
588. Where jewelry pierces your head.
589. I cannot be felt or moved, but as you come closer, I get more distant.
What am I?
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590. Not my sister nor my brother but still the child of my mother and
father. Who am I?
591. I am a type of weapon for SCI-FI characters. What am I?
592. This is the known hairdo for nascar fans.
593. When you are inside me, you will be encouraged to slam other cars.
What am I?
594. I help you carry your books. What am I?
595. You could do this to a motion, see it on a watch, or place this in a race.
596. With no hammer or any kind of tool I build my house so quickly. What
am I?
597. If you happen to possess two left feet, this profession will probably
rule out of your prospects.
598. Blind but cruel.
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599. A DJ does this to records. I do it to mosquito bites.
600. You answer me, although I never ask you questions.

What am I?
601. The warmer I am, The fresher I am.
602. Never swallowed but certainly chewed, tossed in the mouth but it is
not food. What is it?
603. I am a shower that lights up the sky. What am I?
604. Said to have fifty shades.
605. I have legs but never walk, I may have flowers but no soil, I hold food
but never eat.
606. Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here.
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I am pale and I chill everyone near.
Who am I?
607. I have every color, but no gold. What am I?
608. I'm a type of pizza that is folded in half before cooking to contain a
filling.
609. Ripped from my mother's womb. Beaten and burned, I become a

bloodthirsty killer. What am I?
610. What is lighter than what it is made of?
611. I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind.
What am I?
612. Useful term for when you need to start a fire or notice someone with
the same shirt as you.
613. A colorful cuisine without flesh.
614. Face with a tree, skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin
frightens me.
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615. Which ring is square?
616. I'm the manly mark that milk makes. What am I?
617. What do you call a greedy grumpy holiday hater?
618. I am the minerals vital for your good health. What am I?
619. The French word for 'fun size' in women's clothing.
620. What is round on both ends and hi in the middle?
621. I am a shiny metal sheet that covers BBQ food. What am I?
622. I am a rock group with four members. All dead, one was assassinated.
What am I?
623. Everybody has some. You can lose some, you can gain some. But you
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cannot live without it. What am I?
624. A mighty weapon in the war against winged household pests.
625. I can bring back the dead and a tear to your eye.
A stir of emotions will follow close by.
What am I?
626. If you're worried that grandpa will bite, just remove these.
627. My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. Who am I?
628. I can invent dreams or open the skies.

It's easy to use me, just close your eyes.
What am I?
629. In Paris but not in France, the thinnest of its siblings.
630. What grows bigger the more you contract it?
631. I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left.
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632. What kind of nail can be grown?
633. Though blind as well, can lead the blind well.
634. People want it, and when they have it, they use it by giving it.
635. A single seater best accompanied by circus music and great balance.
636. If you agree give me one of these.
637. I climb higher as I get hotter. I can never escape from my crystal cage.
What am I?
638. How many months have 28 days?
639. A dark-colored creature serenaded by Lennon and McCartney.
640. If I say "everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a
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lie?
641. Seven brothers, five work all day,

The other two, just play or pray.
642. My first keeps time, my second spends time, my whole tells time.
643. A crafty use of long pieces of wool to make a scarf.
644. The more you look at it, The less you see.
645. This veggie is characterized of long stalks or shoots taken from the
plant. They have a strong odor when cooked and can influence the
color or urine.
646. What fruit is of great use in history?
647. All about the house, with his lady he dances,

yet he always works, and never romances.
648. A circle of stones, never in rows.

Stacked one on the other, mystery it sows.
What is it?
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649. What creature starts yellow inside and white outside, then becomes
its first five before becoming the whole?
650. I'm red but I can be green at times and I am even yellow. What am I?
651. He died for people's entertainment.
652. Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes
it.
653. A pony trots his way through the world on these.
654. I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes
soft. What am I?
655. I carry my home on my back. I am not rich, but I leave silver in my

track. What am I?
656.
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It is probably the most laid-back member of the animal kingdom.
657. Before I came, the world was darker, that's true. But beware, I can also
kill you. What am I?
658. Covered in stone and sun. It's home to many but also none. What is it?
659. I encourage people to run home and steal. What am I?
660. Out of all the celestial bodies, this one has the funniest name.
661. Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that do not
rust. What is it?
662. I stink in living but when dead smells good. What am I?
663. Reserved for royalty and damaged teeth.
664. The more I dry the wetter I get. What am I?
665. What has six faces and twenty-one eyes?
666. Not a comb or a brush but makes the hair feel plush. What is it?
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667. I can be found in water but never wet. What am I?
668. A twiggy home.
669. The athletically challenged spend a good deal of time on this seat
made of pine.
670. I run distances, often making many turns, yet I never move one foot.
What am I?
671. You seek it out, when your hunger is ripe.

It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.
672. Fuels backyard get-togethers.
673. It's held in the hand when going out.
674. Cold head and feet; Round as a ball; Always turning around itself.
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675. Come November 1st, many of these will be found smashed on
sidewalks.
676. With three eyes and a black as night, I frequently knock down ten
men with a single strike! What am I?
677. You can draw me, fire me or fill me in.
678. People chop this off for a good cause.
679. What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world without
burning?
680. My treasures are golden and guarded by thousands amongst a maze

no man can enter. What am I?
681. It could make arrows fly and kites soar. What is it?
682. What runs around a house but doesn't move?
683. You may have to assure your date's dad that you have these kind of
intentions.
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684. In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a
pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.
685. Has its teeth on your head but doesn't bite.
686. The profession of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
687. Both guys and women enhance their visual organs with this item.
688. A first job for many kids, this could be described as "Media Distribution
Management."
689. What is the only animal without the ability to fly but still does?
690. It keeps you on the ground and stops things from floating around.
What is it?
691. I am too much for one but not enough for two. Give me to a third and I
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am gone. What am I?
692. You can spin, wheel and twist, but this thing can turn without
moving. What is it?
693. What's the difference between here and there?
694. In all the world, none can compare, to this tiny weaver, his deadly
cloth so silky and fair.
695. I am always with my partner, and I make noise that you never see me
create. What am I?
696. I am a fruit with seeds on the outside. What am I?
697. I am a food made from the pressed curds of milk. I come in American,
swiss, sharp and many other flavors. What am I?
698. I am the place to turn when nature calls. What am I?
699. Before crust hardens.
700. Keep doing me to avoid lens dryness. What am I?
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701. I am a person who pretends to be someone else. What am I?
702. Looks like water, but it's heat. Sits on sand, lays on concrete. A play on
the eyes, but it's all lies.
703. This dish is defined as small pasta envelopes containing ground meat,
cheese, or vegetables.
704. My tines be long, my tines be short.

My tines end ere, my first report.
What am I?
705. What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it?
706. A job that involves sitting in a highchair, wearing a black gown and
smacking things with a mallet.
707. I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my
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head was cut off. What am I?
708. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage. I cannot escape from my
crystal cage.
709. I am someone you don't know. Who am i?
710. A great mysterious place that the bold have been known to journey
into.
711. What has four wings but cannot fly and uses the wind but does not
know why?
712. Its title means book.
713. What do you get if you milk a cow after an earthquake?
714. Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won't last
long.
715. I am neither a guest nor a trespasser in this place. I belong that

belongs to me. Where is it?
716. It is where kings, queens, knights and bishops go to war together.
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717. I have a heart of gold and I smell when I'm old. What am I?
718. When this is found in a road you are forced to make a decision.
719. I'm the source of all emotion, but I'm caged in a white prison.
720. Hard iron on horse. Cow's hide on man.
721. Men cut this by attaching a razor to a broom handle or just have their
wives do it.
722. I am gold and can be black and white, I'm a symbol for a nation, when
freedom took flight. What am I?
723. It is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else. What is it?
724. I am expelled from you orally with a sound. What am I?
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725. I can alter the actions of a king and leave puzzled the greatest of
philosophers. What am I?
726. Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.
727. It is in every mountain, it's not in any hill,

it's not in all the world, and yet it's in the mill.
728. If two is a company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?
729. Santa shakes his belly like me. What am I?
730. I can't go left, I can't go right. I am forever stuck in a building over

three stories high. What am I?
731. The edge of earth and bread.
732. You can do this with your friends. You can do this with your nose. But
don't do it with your friend's nose!
733. What flies forever, rests never?
734. What do you call the mother-in-law of your sister's husband?

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735. I widen my jaws when you poke two fingers in me. I especially like to
devour papers. What am I?
736. What can be seen but not touched?
737. I you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you
have?
738. Each of these ends in a kettle full of precious metal and the double
variety is quite awesome.
739. I am a lunch money thief. What am I?
740. I travel the world and I am drunk constantly. Who am I?
741. It can cause deflation of tires when dropped from the rear of spy cars.
742. It flavors your food and divides the year up. What is it?
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743. I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?
744. The distance from the top of your head to the floor standing up
straight.
745. A standard dimension for sandwiches and rulers.
746. They live only in stories, taller than three storeys.
747. What do you do with a dead chemist?
748. A little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat.
749. It describes an era in history during which lights was hard to come
by.
750. What kind of fish chases a mouse?
751. It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his
own roof. What is it?
752. I never was but am always to be, and everyone looks forward to me
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753. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?
754. Find me on body builders or in the drink aisle. What am I?
755. A life or death skill for gunfighters.
756. I am a kind of coat that can only be put on when wet. What am I?
757. Serves as a go between in business.
758. What is the saddest fruit?
759. What wears a coat in the winter and pants in the summer?
760. This is a baked snack that is traditionally twisted into a unique knot-
like shape.
761.
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They put the heat in pop tarts
762. If someone offers you one of these, they had a successful fishing trip
or their band just broke up.
763. It is not your enemy, yet we still beat it. What is it?
764. Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's
son.
Who is the man?
765. This type of tempting cuisine is independent of utensils and usually

tastes better than it sounds.
766. Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb.
767. You get one if you miss one at golf.
768. For this gourmet style of meal you'll need a pot and some pointy
sticks.
769. When we stand up it lies flat. When we lie back it stands up.
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770. I count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am
I?
771. I am black when you buy me, red when you use me.
When I turn white, you know it's time to throw me away.
What am I?
772. A colourful bird that talks.
773. I am a small paradise surrounded by dryness and heat. What am I?
774. I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I
never wander. What am I?
775. If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea what does it become?
776. What can you always count on?
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777. What was was, before was was was?
778. I am nothing really at all, Yet I am easily found;

Ignore me at your own peril, and you might end up crowned!
779. Many hear me, but no one sees me, and I only speak when spoken to.
What am I?
780. You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the
thinner it grows. What is it?
781. Santa's favorite entrance for home invasion.
782. It increases and decreases yet no one see it. It is not a fire and yet it
can be quenched.
783. What is it that you must give before you can keep it.
784. I'm under your face,

I'm outside your mind;
A biological case,
Pressure brings pain sometimes.
What am I?
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785. If you take off my skin, I will not cry, but you will. What am I?
786. I cannot be used until I have been broken. What am I?
787. When someone uses this acronym, you know you've got to pick up the
pace.
788. In the middle of night, I surround the gong.

In the middle of sight, I end the song.
789. What is always coming every day, but never arrives until the next?
790. Men in skirts blow into these.
791. One more than a duet.
792. A nutcracker up in a tree.
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793. What points the way without a hand.
It floats on water but exists on land?
794. Light me up in backyard gatherings. What am I?
795. What is part of you and all around you but if it entangles you, it will
kill you?
796. Mary's child slept in one of these.
797. Rotten trees and Jack-O-Lanterns have this characteristic in common.
798. I can be found after you remove 6 letters from BSAINXLEATEARS.

What am I?
799. Edible items purchased in large quantities.
800. Very helpful if you intend to go gently down a river.
801. In birth I spring forth, in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die, but
rebirth restores all.
802. What animal keeps the best time?

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803. I have a head and a tail but my eyes can never see my tail. What am I?
804. Thanks for such treasures as Mariachis, enchiladas and habanero!
805. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
806. I can be found on fingers, in toolboxes and in snails. What am I?
807. What part of a fish weighs most?
808. I'm a blended cold beverage made up of milk, ice cream and fruit. I
bring all the boys to the yard.
809. I can be sweet or sour. I do not rhyme with any other word. What am
I?
810. My rings are not worth much, but they do tell my age. What am I?
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811. Though I am dark, Adam married me. What am I?
812. What goes further the slower it goes?
813. I am a candy that looks like a shepherd's staff. What am I?
814. Without what would everyone lose their head?
815. What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?
816. To you, rude would I never be,

Though I flag my tongue for all to see.
817. A dragon's tooth in a mortal's hand,

I kill, I maim, I divide the land.
818. Stolen from a cow, I'm placed in a vat. My flavor gets stronger the
longer I've sat. What am I?
819. What has no arms, hands, or legs but moves the earth?
820. The preferred color of carpet in this town is red.
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821. I am black and white and full of fuzz. What am I?
822. I'm a flat circular spongy roll made from yeast dough and eaten
toasted and buttered.
823. This would be a good place to find Can-Can girls and drunk Cowboys.
824. Everyone has it and no one can lose it.

What is it?
825. What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?
826. I help boats park. What am I?
827. A section of the calendar dedicated to mother nature.
828. One who has offended the government and has been detained by it.
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829. What has a spine, tail, and leash but isn't a dog?
830. Mobsters judge the quality of a vehicle by the size of this.
831. This is variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes, often mixed with
cheese powder.
832. If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?
833. If you're on a diet, smelling a fresh pan of brownies could be described

as this.
834. If you need a night out, call one of these over to take the little ones off
your hands for a while.
835. I will go within you, and destroy you. Only because you wanted me
too. What am I?
836. I am not a toy, though many use me for pleasure. I have a butt, but I
cannot poop. What am I?
837. It is worldwide, but once only a spider could weave one.
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838. You can swallow me, but I can also swallow you.
839. What is the first thing a gardener plants in the garden?
840. I am soldier and I really hate one month. Which month I am talking
about?
841. For most, I am fast. For others, I am slow. An obsession to all, I make
the world go. What am I?
842. We applaud if you perform well. What am I?
843. What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?
844. There is someone, and there is always another, for without the other,
there wouldn't be one.
845. You have it even if there is none.
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846. I'm a food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent,
mixed together and baked. You need me to make a sandwich.
847. What relies on columns but isn't a house, and asks for help but can't
speak itself?
848. I am an activity involving pins flying in the air. What am I?
849. I'm not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full
of water. What am I?
850. What traps a star in its belly but can be held in your hand?
851. I begin and have no end. Eventually I will be the ending of all that has
begun. What am I?
852. Whipping one of these out in the wrong setting is said to be terrible
luck.
853. A prehistoric reptile that lives today and the inspiration for the name
of a popular sports drink.
854. The plant that is responsible for spreading a lot of gossip.

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855. It holds no blessings in disguise.

Its rhymes are aimed at your demise,
it's cast only to ruin,
Whatever you are doin'.
856. I have two bodies joined together as one. When standing still, I ran
and ran. What am I?
857. Turns us on our backs, and open up our stomachs. You will be the
wisest of men though at start a lummox.
858. It flies when it's on and floats coming off.
859. I am black, white, and read all over. What am I?
860. What dish consists of tortilla chips smothered in cheese?
861. I'm a lion with a human head. Guess my Riddle or you'll be dead.
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862. Ladies used to party with this kitchen device.
863. Men walk over me but boats go under me. What am I?
864. I am sometimes referred to as chips. What am I?
865. I can be heard in a court of carried with you. What am I?
866. Take one royal word in the plural and make it singular by adding one
letter.
867. I am edible, pink, and a great summer food. What am I?
868. You may have many of me but never enough. After the last one
arrives you will have no more. What am I?
869. What divides by uniting and by dividing?
870. What is round, has a twin, and sees more than most?
871. Where do fish keep their money?
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872. I belong to you but others use me more often than you do. What am I?
873. What has 2 banks but no money?
874. I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, and oceans with no
water. What am I?
875. Grown in the ground, it's taller than you. Strip off the outside, the
yellow pieces you chew. What is it?
876. Noah survived one and it was great.
877. A person who chews the ends of their fingers.
878. They're big and blue, and larger than seas
879. Touch this and you'll regret it. But if it's cold, you won't forget it. What
is it?
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880. Kids play it and Michelangelo sculpted with it.
881. I am the yellow hem of the sea's blue skirt.
882. What food has no beginning, end, or middle?
883. You can build or destroy. Let creativity soar but be careful at night.
What am I?
884. George J. Jetson and Neil A. Armstrong drove this to work.
885. At first I am a yellow weed in the lawn, and then the wind blows, and
my white feathers are gone. What am I?
886. Both cockroaches and illegal drug laboratories or syndicates do fear

this.
887. What is a cat on ice?
888. What comes in many different sizes but is always only 1 foot long?
889. What do you get when you cross a chicken and a pig?
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890. I come in winter. I cannot see, hear, or feel. I can't eat, but you can eat
parts of me.
891. A small hill with seven holes.
892. What becomes too young the longer it exists?
893. They swim around in schools or pods and they are related to whales.
894. Green on the outside but red and black inside. I am food but mostly
liquid. What am I?
895. What is a bunny's favorite music?
896. It's what light turns into in the night.
897. What is it that you ought to keep after you have given it to someone
else?
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898. It doesn't live within a house, nor does it live without.
Most will use it when they come in, and again when they go out.
899. Long and thin, red within, with a nail at the end.
900. What looks back but cannot see?
901. What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?
902. These are great, floaty fun until they explode and give you a little
scare.
903. Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
904. I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle
and I can talk.
905. I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and
destroying all things.
906. I am a three letter word. Add two more letters and you'll have fewer.
What word am I?
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907. What has a mouth but can't chew?
908. Dies half its life. Lives the rest.

Dances without music. Breathes without breath.
909. You throw away my outside, you cook my inside. Then you eat my
outside and you throw away my inside. What am I?
910. It is yellow and you can serve it but not eat. What is it?
911. Kids hunt for them and adults make sure they are not all in one
basket.
912. A toasty and crunchy cereal would be pointless without this spice.
913. A tangly game and a destructive weather phenomenon.
914. A beacon from home to guide your way.
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It can be a lifesaver on a stormy day.
What is it?
915. It can be in a hat, Or out of the bag.

If you see it you'll be smitten, 'Cause it's fluffy like a mitten.
916. I have a metal roof and glass wall. I burn and burn but never fall. What
am I?
917. If you are unsure how to use one then just ask a flight attendant.
918. I am a king but also a common device of measure. What am I?
919. Mountains will crumble and temples will fall,

and no man can survive its endless call.
What is it?
920. What goes with a car, comes with a car, is no use to a car, but the car
can't move without it?
921. I look like a tiny trombone. What am I?
922. I make things short, but I am pretty long myself. What am I?
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923. Sometimes black, sometimes white, I have veins but no blood.
924. A natural tattoo on babies.
925. These make grown men dance in end zones.
926. Retired people want these to be large and birds want them to hatch.
927. You hold my tail while I fish for you. What am I?
928. If it weren't for these, no one would be aware of Idaho's existence.
929. Feared on the playground, he steals your lunch money and distributes
wedgies.
930. The main difference between us and zombies.
931. Step on me and you'll reach the top first, but step under me and you're
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cursed. What am I?
932. What types of words are these: madam, civic, eye, level?
933. What has a tongue but no mouth?
934. Autumn leaves and bad bowlers wreak havoc on this.
935. What holds names and memories which are not its own?
936. What has one foot but no body?
937. For all your post bubble-bath drying needs.
938. If you can spot one of these eastern warriors, it means they're not
doing their job right.
939. Something you do with guests at a fancy party hoping to get a leg-up
in your career.
940. I am an insect, half of my name is another insect. I am similar to the

name of a famous band. What am I?
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941. I am free the first time and second time, but the third time is going to
cost you money.
What am I?
942. What snacks do you serve at a robot party?
943. It carries paper of the most important sort

but also plastic, I'm glad to report.
What is it?
944. Possibly the only famous plumber who has the courage to ever to
rescue a princess.
945. I can speak with my hard metal tongue. But I cannot breathe, for I
have no lung. What am I?
946. What kind of shoes can you make out of banana peels?
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947. This Cajun dish of rice with shrimp, chicken, and vegetables, is often
enjoyed with cornbread.
948. It covers you, you lose it every day and you'd die without it.
949. There are millions of me. I am very small but when moving fast I am
deadly.
950. They cut doors in half and wear wooden shoes.
951. I am a caribbean shape that makes ships disappear. What am I?
952. Which bus could cross the ocean?
953. What is long and slim, works in light; has but one eye, and an awful
bite?
954. Famous for cheese, wine and saying "ooo la la".
955. Gumby and yoga instructors have this in common.
956. How many letters are in the alphabet?
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957. I run up and down the stairs without moving. What am I?
958. I'm a small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp. I come in a
variety of flavors from chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin.
959. You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?
960. This is the drinkable phase of matter.
961. People need me yet they give me away every day. What am I?
962. You heard me before, and then again. Afterward I die, until you call
me again. What am I?
963. Digital white-out. What am I?
964. The time between daylight and darkness when blood drinkers like to
come out. What am I?
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965. This dish is usually consumed at breakfast time with milk.
966. Temporary evidence of where you've been strolling.
967. I cannot be burned in fire or drowned in water. What am I?
968. What suits do lawyers wear?
969. Long legs, crooked thighs, little head, and no eyes.
970. It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.
971. I am rubber you can eat. What am I?
972. War fought with pieces on a board.
973. What does a newspaper reporter use to dry himself after his shower?
974. What screams when put in a pot of boiling water?
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975. I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or

winding. What am I?
976. What can be filled with empty hands?
977. I'm a pie, but I come with peperoni and cheese.
978. I am enjoyed with a pot and some pointy sticks. What am I?
979. You speak this when you are being sincere.
980. Godzilla calls this place home.
981. I can be full, but I will never spill.

I disappear at times, but return I always will.
What am I?
982.
I am a sound made by felines when petted. What am I?
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983. I mean goodbye for South Americans. What am I?
984. What has 88 keys but can't open a single door?
985. What did zero say to eight?
986. Different lights do make me strange, thus into different sizes I will
change.
987. Brings the sky a lot closer.
988. The one fashion accessory farmers and hipsters can agree upon.
989. Plow and hoe, reap and sow,

What soon does every farmer grow?
990. Born from a fountain of wealth, I am black instead of gold but valued
the same. What am I?
991. I have legs but walk not, a strong back but work not. Two good arms
but reach not. A seat but sit and tarry not.
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992. Describes universities like Harvard and can be poisonous.
993. A container holding water but not a cup. If you want to find me, look
up. What am I?
994. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
995. What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe?
996. They are the group who manages the winged engines of war.
997. What has a head, can't think, but drives?
998. Other terms for this handy device include doohicky, doo-dad, and
whatchyamacallit.
999. Sugar on a stick. The kids love licking them.
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1000. What is at the end of a rainbow?
1001. Although it sounds like I work on a transportation device, I actually

work in a restaurant. What am I?
1002. A squiggly line tells you when you've done it wrong.
1003. What number has all letters in alphabetical order when spelled out?
1004. What bird can lift the heaviest weight?
1005. Hurts when it breaks and if it stops, you are dead.
1006. White bird, featherless, flying out of paradise. Flying over sea and
land. Dying in my hand.
1007. Poor people have it.

Rich people need it.
If you eat it you die.
What is it?
1008. What age most travelers have?
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1009. Break me but I'll continue to work, touch me and maybe I'll stay with
you forever. What am I?
1010. You shoot me but I don't die. You hang me but I don't die. What am I?
1011. Surname of the pilot of the Millennium Falcon.
1012. I describe a toilet cleaner as well as one of Santa's reindeer. What am

I?
1013. The signature stroll of ducks and penguins.
1014. Round as a button, deep as a well. If you want me to talk, you must
first pull my tail. What am I?
1015. I moan, I groan, I chase after you. I never seem to rest. Time's up for
you. What am I?
1016. I was not born, but I am here. I have no name, but I am given many. I
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was made by science and life. What am I?
1017. Where humans breathe liquid.
1018. What grows up while growing down?
1019. It is an arctic double breasted formal wear.
1020. Cute hares that hop and deliver eggs at Easter are called by this
nickname.
1021. I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail. What am I?
1022. It is by nature, soft as silk;

A puffy cloud, white as milk;
Snow tops this tropical crop;
The dirtiest part of a mop.
1023. In buckles or lace, they help set the pace. The farther you go, the
thinner they grow.
1024. Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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1025. This patch of land stands alone.
1026. What falls but never breaks?
1027. Soldiers fight it but never changes.
1028. Tomorrow's yesterday. Yesterday's tomorrow. What is it?
1029. Squeeze it and it cries tears. As red as its flesh, but its heart is made of
stone.
1030. The most foreign visitor you could imagine.
1031. Some keep it in a dumpster while others keep it in their trunk.
1032. The moon is my father. The sea is my mother. I have a million

brothers. I die when I reach land.
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1033. What did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?
1034. Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?
1035. This could make wooden boy's noses grow.
1036. It is a gruesome form of betray.
1037. What has a green top, red on its belly, seeds on the outside, and tastes
great in jelly?
1038. A person's greatest asset.
1039. Hard to catch, easy to hold. Can't be seen, unless it's cold.
1040. What has only two words, but thousands of letters?
1041. A tower at the root of all confusion.
1042. You feel this sensation when you are dehydrated.
1043. High fat reward for making it through another solar cycle.
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1044. Perhaps the most important adjective for ballerinas and princesses.
1045. What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?
1046. I stink up your breath and fights evil vampires. What am I?
1047. The more I lie, the more people trust me. Who am I?
1048. It is something you will never see again.
1049. Without this, H2O would just be 2O.
1050. Everybody's got one.
1051. Sometimes it's silver but also gold.

Printed on paper it's a treasure to hold.
What is it?
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1052. If you give it a tug, you can sit in the dark. Tug it again and a light will
spark. What is it?
1053. Someone who is enthusiastic about tending the garden is said to have
this appendage.
1054. What common English verb becomes its own past tense by
rearranging its letters?
1055. What has teeth but no mouth?
1056. Who plays when he works and works when he plays?
1057. The older they are the less wrinkles they have.
1058. I have married many women but has never been married. What am I?
1059. Look into my face and I'm everybody. Scratch my back and I'm
nobody.
1060. This crisp stick-shaped roll is often enjoyed with soup or marinara
sauce.
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1061. If you lose me you may cause people around me to lose me too. What
am I?
1062. Slowly creeping, I am weeping, changing shades, and growing.
1063. Both a currency and an antlered male. What is it?
1064. The land was white the seed was black.

It'll take a good scholar to riddle me that.
1065. Soft, hairy, from door to door. I am the pet that always stays on the
floor. What am I?
1066. What speeds on a track but isn't in a race and has a whistle to
announce its steady pace?
1067. I am often sold by children entrepreneurs in summer time. What am

I?
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1068. What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?
1069. A metal snake that runs on tracks.
1070. A famous home without color and with wings.
1071. Racers are asked to start these at NASCAR events.
1072. Four leaves I have. What am I?
1073. I am the second L in LOL. What am I?
1074. These are crisp, green, and are found near deli sandwiches.
1075. During the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is
becoming more popular again these days.
1076. Why do French people like to eat snails?
1077. What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?
1078. This toasted sandwich is made with bacon, lettuce and tomato.
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1079. Cut the wrong wire and it goes boom.
1080. Taking this from a baby is said to be quite easy.
1081. What starts out in a field and then crashed on a stone. It becomes
much more when to the fire it's thrown?
1082. What hatches without food?
1083. A locked sphere without hinges or key. Break me open and golden
treasures you'll see
1084. When I type I tap these on the keys.
1085. What has a brown coat, a long tail, and lives in house or shed but most
active while you're in bed?
1086. What has fingers and a thumb but no hand?
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1087. What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?
1088. I am the noise Santa's reindeers make. What am I?
1089. Good for telling the future or racking up in a game.
1090. I'm usually served alongside burgers. I'm crispy golden potato sticks.
1091. At the sound of me, you may stomp your feet, but you may also dream
or weep. What am I?
1092. This guy crossed a road and everyone wants an explanation.
1093. I save lives on the ground and in the air. What am I?
1094. What is something that can go up quite easily, but is not as easy to
bring back down?
1095. Securing your documents is easy with these trusty metal objects.
1096. They say each one is totally unique.
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1097. It is the most common hour to have a gunfight in a western scene.
1098. My life is often a volume of grief,

your help is needed to turn a new leaf.
Stiff is my spine and my body is pale.
But I'm always ready to tell a tale.
What am I?
1099. Who works when he plays and plays when he works?
1100. What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?
1101. It is a common and favored clothing material among biker gangs and
superheroes.
1102. Those with eyes bigger than their stomach will definitely leave the
restaurant with one of them. It is named after a house pet as well.
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1103. What Botox will do to your expression.
1104. Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they
mutter and grumble.
1105. I have six faces but not even one body connected, 21 eyes in total but
cannot see. What am I?
1106. It is known as the best real estate for toys.
1107. I am quick when I'm thin. I am slow when I'm fat. Wind is my worst
nightmare. What am I?
1108. Without feather or wing I fly, but you'll known what I am when I
hover near by. What am I?
1109. Flat as a leaf, round as a ring. Has two eyes, can't see a thing.
1110. I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?
1111. Hot tempered and sometimes it blows its top, making a mess of
everything.
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1112. When I'm metal or wood, I help you get home. When I'm flesh and I'm
blood. In the darkness I roam.
1113. What is flat, usually square, and made from trees but isn't wood?
1114. What kind of apple has a short temper?
1115. I'm a vegetable that is a long, green stalk. I'm usually eaten at
thanksgiving with cheese or peanut butter.
1116. Deposit red liquid in me. What am I?
1117. Even the oldest ones can be described as current, but a little
mainstream.
1118. I drive men mad for the love of me. Easily beaten, never free. What am
I?
1119.
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The celebrities of high school were part of this crowd.
1120. Through its wounds, water does run. It once held many but now has
none. What is it?
1121. A red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent,
when it is touched.
1122. Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad.
For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
1123. I always have to work with something in my eye. What am I?
1124. The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?
1125. You can break me, and I still work. If you touch me, you're mine. What
am I?
1126. These women make princesses scrub floors and sometimes try to
poison them with apples.
1127. A beautiful succession of sounds.
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1128. There are several different kinds, but the one you pick doesn't do its
job. What is it?
1129. Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.
1130. Often found in doctor's offices and pirate flags.
1131. It is a desert oasis where money magically appears or disappears from

your pocket.
1132. What can go through glass without breaking it?
1133. What is the middle of water but is not an island?
1134. What do you call a dog that sweats so much?
1135. Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch.

Who is asleep on your couch?
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1136. I am a good state, there can be no doubt of it; But those who are in,
entirely are out of it.
1137. Makeup for finger tips. What am I?
1138. What comes in many varieties and can't be seen or touched, but it
often makes you move?
1139. Bill's mom has four kids: Mary, John, and Alice. What is the name of
her fourth child?
1140. The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it
doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
1141. I spin and hum,

I'm your summer tool.
Just flip the switch,
and I serve to cool.
What am I?
1142. A bird done at every meal.
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1143. You turn me over after you have traveled far. What am I?
1144. A stylish winter top that covers your larynx.
1145. What is in the middle of nowhere?
1146. A salutation from the islands.
1147. Where is the ocean deepest?
1148. For me, much blood has been shed.

I have two faces but only bear one head.
What am I?
1149. I occur twice in eternity. And I'm always within sight.
1150. They are toothy nocturnal immortals.
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1151. Man walks over, and man swims under. In times of war, it can be
burned asunder. What is it?
1152. What has ears but can't hear?
1153. Fred and Wilma's child, named after a stone.
1154. I sleep by day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight.
What am I?
1155. The coziest place for Dracula.
1156. What occurs four times in every week, twice in every month, only
once in a year but never in a day?
1157. These are the bumpy parts of your digits.
1158. Often wandering the streets, this group of people cannot afford to be
choosers.
1159. Known to accessorize with feathers, trumpets, and harps.
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1160. I can fill a house or fill your mouth but you can never catch me in your
hands. What am I?
1161. What animal is the best at baseball?
1162. I fly in the air without engines and I am controlled by man on the
ground. What am I?
1163. I let water fall on you while everyone else stays dry. What am I?
1164. It can be grown in your yard or bought at the store and is given for
love when less is more?
1165. It is the assumed nocturnal symbol of Mr. Wayne. What is it?
1166. Two is one, four is two, and six is three. Don't you see? What am I?
1167. I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but
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always drinking. What am I?
1168. Vikings use this for warmth.
1169. What work of writing can one never finish?
1170. Most people love to use me. You make me glide through the air. Even
your dog loves me. What am I?
1171. Slithery critters with a taste for dirt.
1172. A blind superhero and Evel Knievel's profession.
1173. I get paid to shoot people, then blow them up. What am I?
1174. I am a daily ritual involving using a metal tool on the body. What am
I?
1175. What has a tongue but cannot talk, gets around a lot but cannot walk?
1176. Nothing specific, but more than a few. This many clustered, together
will do.
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1177. What is made of wood and metal and must be buried before it works?
1178. I do not eat food. But I do enjoy a light meal everyday. What am I?
1179. What do you get when you cross an automobile with a household
animal?
1180. What did the rain cloud wear under his raincoat?
1181. What is better than the best thing and worse than the worst thing?
1182. What food lives at the beach?
1183. What is Saturn's favorite day of the week?
1184. The Black Pearl was this type of criminal seafaring vessel.
1185. According to many students, dogs have an appetite for this paper
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item.
1186. You can throw me away, but I will always be coming back. What am I?
1187. David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and?
1188. Ketchup's slightly less popular brother.
1189. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
1190. I am the kind of food monkey likes, and people slip on me and fall in
cartoons. What am I?
1191. I run around the city, but I never move.
1192. What do angels sing in the shower?
1193. What is eaten but not grown and was born in water but will disappear
if soaked?
1194. The thinkers usually hold this body part.
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1195. Sport olympians use this to get high jump up in the air.
1196. What can be measured but not seen?
1197. Hide me from your parents if you have done bad academically this
year. What am I?
1198. A celebrity under the sea.
1199. I help engines spin and pants stay up. What am I?
1200. Both old people and owls are said to be possessing this trait.
1201. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
1202. What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?
1203. Black within and red without,
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With four corners round about.
What am I?
1204. I have one eye. See near and far. I hold the moments you treasure and
the things that make you weep. What am I?
1205. I am a mini solar powered computer. What am I?
1206. I am a nut with a hole. What am I?
1207. A huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.
1208. What is half of two plus two?
1209. In the ground I am nothing, but give me time and I'll be something.
What am I?
1210. I have no bones and no legs, but if you keep me warm, I will soon walk
away. What am I?
1211. What travels from coast to coast without ever moving?
1212. When I'm born I fly. When I'm alive I lay. When I'm dead I run.
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1213. I begin your sentences. What am I?
1214. I have three heads. Cut off one, I become stronger. Cut off two, I
become ten. What am I?
1215. If you slash it, It heals at once.
1216. You use this to clean although it is small.

If you forget it, your smile will appall.
What is it?
1217. It is the great nemesis of the lactose intolerant.
1218. I am cracked by Indiana Jones. What am I?
1219. A tasty reward given to well behaved dogs and kids.
1220.
Something you carry while singing.
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1221. With hands that can't hold and eyes that can't see, she's cherished by
some but has no real family. Who is she?
1222. What makes my left hand my right?
1223. I can fill a room but take up no space.

Look out at night, and I am in no place.
What am I?
1224. When a doctor hits you with a hammer he is testing this.
1225. Snow White was friendly with seven of them.
1226. It comes from crystal and melts to a treat. Add it to your tea to make it
sweet. What is it?
1227. What is a foot long and slippery?
1228. I only exist when you are here. Where you never were, I can never be.
What am I?
1229. This food is a Thanksgiving tradition.

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1230. Special abilities and brightly colored underwear are all you need to be
one of these.
1231. They're actually great swimmers now, but later they will become
excellent hoppers.
1232. I can be found on a present, the front of a boat, or after the rain. What
am I?
1233. What gets broken when you don't hold it?
1234. What do rich people have that can be changed into the law.
1235. What is easy to get into, and hard to get out of?
1236. What smells the most in the kitchen?
1237. I love spinach.
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What am I?
1238. In two years I know, I'll be twice as old as five years ago, said Tom.
How old is Tom?
1239. Hearing something unexpected or touching a live wire can have this
effect.
1240. I can be the book one can never finish reading. What am I?
1241. What hole do you mend with holes?
1242. I am an object which is used in baseball, during the day I can't be seen
at all. What am I?
1243. If you happen to wake up at dawn, you'll probably find this covering
the lawn.
1244. What can be played with no rules and no winners or losers?
1245. When I live I cry, If you don't kill me I'll die.
1246. Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, for what is beyond is
what he or she seeks.
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1247. My first is second in line;

I send shivers up your spine;
not quite shining bright
I glitter in the light.
1248. An accessory sported by many construction workers.
1249. What comes down but never back goes up?
1250. What must be looked through in order to see?
1251. This is a plant named after a light source. What is it?
1252. I'm tall in the morning and short in the noon.

I disappear at night but I will be back soon.
1253. What needs to be taken from you before you have it?
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1254. What is a witch's favorite school subject?
1255. I am the most famous dinner. What am I?
1256. I mirror your actions. What am I?
1257. What has a bell but isn't a church. Is full of air but is not a balloon?
1258. Halo of water, tongue of wood.

Skin of stone, long I've stood.
My fingers short reach to the sky.
Inside my heart men live and die.
1259. Small and bearded, both in the real world and in stories.
1260. I tell people to be careful when handling boxes. What am I?
1261. What can be heard and caught but never seen?
1262. Looks like a hippo crossed with a unicorn.
1263. Where on earth do the ways always blow from the south?
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1264. Angels and pilots work with me. What am I?
1265. You're currently trying to solve one.
1266. People in love are often bound to this.
1267. A device for finding furniture in the dark.
1268. A seasonal fashion statement named for the weather it's worn in.
1269. I am a busy worker who is a water mammal. What am I?
1270. What is drawn by everyone without pen or pencil?
1271. Sing me to a baby about to go to sleep. What am I?
1272. I suck. What am I?
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1273. Usually green but can be brown. It's a great place to play or lie down.
What is it?
1274. I have a frame but no pictures. I have poles but not standing up. What
am I?
1275. What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?
1276. These are knee-length formal wear for men popular in the highlands.
1277. What word has three syllables and twenty six letters?
1278. Six legs, two heads,

Two hands, one long nose.
Yet he uses only four legs
Wherever he goes.
1279. A storage facility for criminals and fire-breathing reptiles. What am I?
1280. Some adults still use these to count.
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1281. I have four legs, one head, and a foot.

What am I?
1282. Attracted by light but flies at night. It's wind and hairy but not too
scary. What is it?
1283. Royalty whose bugers are broiled and whose bed is large.
1284. What can hold all days, weeks, and months but still fit on a table?
1285. The most beautiful and useless of human acts.
1286. What goes round and round the wood but never goes into the wood?
1287. I am very important, but often overlooked. What am I?
1288. Disgusting creatures that would survive a nuclear strike.
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1289. What is often returned, but never borrowed?
1290. Against the sun, I protect your eyes and am often worn on the face of
spies. What am I?
1291. When you take away the whole from me, there is always some left.
What am I?
1292. I have no eyes, no legs or ears and I help move the earth. What am I?
1293. I am yellow on the outside, white inside, and very appealing. What am
I?
1294. What flares up and does a lot of good, and when it dies is just a piece
of wood?
1295. Of these everyone has ten, part of two wholes at the arms end. What
are they?
1296. Has four legs, but is not alive.
1297. I am owned by the poor, the rich does not need me. If you eat me, you
will die! What am I?
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1298. I carry you down a gentle stream. What am I?
1299. A slow, solemn square-dance of warriors feinting. One by one they

fall, warriors fainting, thirty-two on sixty-four.
1300. Some people avoid me, some people count me, some people just
consume me. What am I?
1301. What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive and after it's
dead?
1302. I'm a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in
salads or pickled.
1303. I am a mountain at night, meadow at day. What am I?
1304. I crawl on the earth and rise on a pillar. What am I?
1305. I am so simple that I can only point. Yet I guide men all over the
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world.
1306. If you happen to wear one of these warm garments around, you might
get doused in red paint.
1307. I am green and ugly and come out at night with a crumple old broom.
Who am I?
1308. What doesn't exist, but has a name?
1309. I have fangs and enjoy piercing holes with a single bite. What am I?
1310. He prefers to travel on vines and pal around with gorillas.
1311. How many sides does a circle have?
1312. They are producers of pies and burgers and are great for tipping.
1313. What is an astronaut's favorite snack?
1314. I am wood that is neither hard, straight, or crooked. What am I?
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1315. These are believed to be found at the end of rainbows.
1316. My first is an insect; my second is a border; my whole puts the face in

a tuneful disorder.
1317. You're gonna need a bigger boat to go after one of these toothy
hunters.
1318. U always follow me but I am rarely seen. What am I?
1319. An action done on mosquito bites. What am I?
1320. It's equally comfortable in an orchestra and a geometry textbook.

What is it?
1321. Everyone loses us as a child, and neglecting us makes us holy. What

are we?
1322.
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What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
1323. I am million people's wakeup call. What am I?
1324. I can be found in seconds, minutes and centuries, but not in days,
years or decades.
1325. I wear a red robe, with staff in hand and a stone in my throat. Cut me
and I weep red tears. What am I?
1326. Even if my life is taken eight still remain.
1327. I am the reaction after enjoying soda. What am I?
1328. I transfer oxygen from the atmosphere to your blood. What am I?
1329. They keep secrets locked away.

And you pass through them each day.
For each one there is a key,
They respond to sesame.
1330. A shimmering field that reaches far. Yet it has no tracks, And is
crossed without paths.
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1331. Brings celebrities into your home every night.
1332. What can you add to a bucket full of water to make it lighter?
1333. When your undies attack you.
1334. It is the time in your life when you simultaneously know everything
and nothing at an instance.
1335. I am a type of animal that hang out in the mist. What am I?
1336. What breaks in the water but never on land?
1337. The lunch destination of choice for teenagers and hospital employees.
1338. Used on a diamond and left on a board. It's great for a gymnast his grip
to restore. What is it?
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1339. This food is usually grilled and put between two buns, with cheese,
tomato and pickles.
1340. A move made popular by the King of Pop. What am I?
1341. A disposable item to keep your waste organized.
1342. A wave of white powdery destruction that is a skier's worst

nightmare.
1343. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?
1344. I am partly blind but can still see. I have legs but only use them for
sleeping. What am I?
1345. Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?
1346. Every team needs one of these before hitting the field. Get pumped!
1347. I take off my clothes when you put on your clothes. I put on my
clothes when you take off your clothes. What am I?
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1348. This heavy and ancient suit was not worn with a tie, but was always
worn in battle.
1349. Responsible for the toupee industry.
1350. I have an eye but cannot see,

You'll head inside when you see me.
1351. Bold are the first; true are the second; playful are the third; clever are
the fourth; forceful are the fifth.
1352. The fans of the pied piper's smooth sound who are feared by
elephants.
1353. Proof you've done your time in school.
1354. I go in hard, come out soft. Blow me hard and I'll make a pop. What am
I?
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1355. Teenage girls are pros at creating me. Learn me in classes. What am I?
1356. I am a creature with a "tight" name. What am I?
1357. I am full of holes but still holds water.

What am I?
1358. On what kind of ship do students study?
1359. What scientists might call your pooch.
1360. I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon
turn red.
1361. Tax rates and oil prices occasionally take these nature strolls.
1362. What is the word that even in plain sight remains hidden?
1363. What do people make that you can't see?
1364. By Thursday you're over this.
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1365. Found at the back of the book. What am I?
1366. I am nature's way of applauding lightning. What am I?
1367. An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The faster the horse runs, the shorter
his tail becomes.
1368. What runs but cannot walk?
1369. Boxes marked as this should not be abused.
1370. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one
thousand years?
1371. When the horse strokes the cat, the wood begins to sing.
1372. I live in the corn, and my job is to deter. Free from pests your crops I
assure. What am I?
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1373. Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when
held in a room.
1374. A close relative of ketchup that people often spread on their dog.
1375. What can be broken without being touched?
1376. What do you call bread that has been browned in a small electric oven
until it is crispy?
1377. Everyone claims to know a way to stop these involuntary

contractions but none of them work.
1378. I can be entertaining until you realize some pieces have been lost.
What am I?
1379. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What
number am I?
1380. Agile on my feet, I drive dogs mad.

I flick my tail when I'm angry and hum when I'm glad.
What am I?
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1381. I am a beverage named after a stick. What am I?
1382. What comes once a day but leaves every morning?
1383. Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out.
1384. A doctor might remove one from the neck of a Dracula victim.
1385. They come in many varieties: Red, Black, Dead, and Caspian to name a
few.
1386. A large oasis in the desert. Come with cash and leave with none.
What am I?
1387. What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or
seen?
1388. I am very large but look very small.
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When night falls,
I am cherished by all.
What am I?
1389. What bird is always unhappy?
1390. It is a sound of empty, speak and it'll talk back plenty. But all the more
you yack, you'll get the same words back.
1391. When it comes in,

From sea to shore,
Twenty paces you'll see,
No less, no more.
1392. What dresses for summer and sheds in the winter?
1393. What is the difference between one yard and two yards?
1394. What are you certain to find inside your pocket when you reach into
it?
1395. Watches students at the prom to make sure there's no funny business.
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1396. The little pink nub that helps rectify mistakes.
1397. Talks like this, a green wise man does. Guess my clue, you will.
1398. I am hot then cold, a liquid then solid, and I am at once flaky and wet.
What am I?
1399. Things here are usually tagged with red stickers. What am I?
1400. When set loose, I fly away. Never so cursed, as when I go astray. What
am I?
1401. What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.
1402. You'll see savory dishes in Hong Kong sizzling in these.
1403. What can you blow up and keep intact?
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1404. Who always enjoys poor health?
1405. What devours all and can kill a king. Destroy a town and crushes
mountains down?
1406. I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?
1407. This food, made from pork, is often eaten alongside eggs and bacon.
1408. If you rub this there is a possibility of a magical fat man coming out.
1409. Pointing North, South, East, and West it saves the lost and helps the
rest. What is it?
1410. Edible beach crawler served at seafood restaurants, similar to a

lobster, but quite different.
1411. I am the red tongue of the earth, that buries cities.
1412. There are four of these, but everyone's favorite seems to be spades.
1413. This food is made of grated potatoes smashed together and fried in
the form of a tot.
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1414. Both peaches and a certain couture have this in common.
1415. I can burn your mouth and sting your eye, but I am consumed
everyday. What am I?
1416. What is big and yellow and comes in the morning to brighten mom's
day?
1417. What can you never have for breakfast?
1418. Environmentalists want to keep this from drying.
1419. I am a tool for fairies. What am I?
1420. Many people own a copy of me. Without me the world would fall.
What am I?
1421. What is something you can hold without ever touching?
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1422. What hangs in the sky by day but at night goes away?
1423. What can your pocket hold while it is completely empty?
1424. What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?
1425. Gown but not a priest; crown but not a king.
1426. If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do
you have?
1427. I'm the son of water but when I return to water I die. Who am I?
1428. This orange colored fruit gets its name from its color.
1429. Two little holes in the side of a hill. Just as you come to the cherry-
red mill.
1430. The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday.
What day is it today?
1431. Cats and deflation tires make this noise. What am I?

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1432. Controlled by your hands and feet. It would be nothing without a

street. What is it?
1433. The faster you run, the harder it is to catch me. What am I?
1434. Often cooked as fillet, this meat comes from an animal that swims
underwater.
1435. This pastry is a fruit pie in which the principal filling ingredient is
apples.
1436. The famous royal young lady who had several short men following
her.
1437. What has thirteen hearts But no body or soul?
1438. A piece of paper that determines the academic fate of kids

everywhere.
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1439. It is a form of plastic money.
1440. I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
1441. It's only good if people laugh at it.
1442. What goes up when rain comes down?
1443. If it is absolute, it will corrupt absolutely.
1444. You will have this response if you would go salivating at the mention
of a cheeseburger.
1445. I have wheels and flies, yet I am not an aircraft. What am I?
1446. I have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom
but no leg. What am I?
1447. I increase head turning rate tremendously for girls at beaches. What
am I?
1448. What has a ring but no finger?
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1449. I am like thunder in your cranium. What am I?
1450. What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
1451. It is a popular afterlife destination where you want to send people

when you're mad at them.
1452. By the way, what never moves, wears shoes, sandals and boots, but
has no feet?
1453. What kind of soda must you not drink?
1454. This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten
giants can't pick it up.
1455. A canvas full of stars.
1456. Causes dancing in children when it fills up.
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1457. Found at the back of a book or in an abdomen. What am I?
1458. Where do tadpoles change?
1459. I am at your hand when it is dark and hidden away in the light. What
am I?
1460. You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you
drop me in water I die.
What am I?
1461. This orange vegetable is a favorite of Bugs Bunny.
1462. It can be used onstage or to express admiration. What is it?
1463. In the morning I sing on feathered wing. I soar through the air
without a care. What am I?
1464. They are the shore's gallant knights.
1465. As strong as love, more dangerous than cancer.
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Riddles
1466. I can be red, blue, purple, and green.

No one can reach me, not even the queen.
What am I?
1467. Thirty men and ladies two,

gathered for a festive do;
Dressed quite formal, black and white;
soon movement turned to nasty fight.
1468. It can make rain, but take away one leg and it'll give you pain.
1469. What dentists battle on a daily basis.
1470. It will not die when hung, and will dry when wrung.
1471. I am ten little beans your look at everyday. What am I?
1472.
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Slang for the male half in a marriage.
1473. I am full of wisdom and knowledge. I get what you want in a blink of
an eye. I am known to man as full of endless wisdom. What am I?
1474. I twist and turn and leaves a loop. What am I?
1475. I come in many shapes and colors. I sing in the breeze but only live 7
months. What am I?
1476. Better touch me before you proceed to second. What am I?
1477. Can be achieved in a car or as a position during conflict.
1478. An art-form and a web-browser.
1479. This for is a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with
a top and base of pastry.
1480. If you are a sore loser, you are often called the sour variety of this fruit.
1481. Before Google, we actually had to physically look things up in this

building full of knowledge.
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1482. An appropriately loud response to fear, excitement, or your team

scoring.
1483. What is always coming but never arrives?
1484. It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the
same time.
1485. What is eaten by man, served among many, grown by many, and
white as snow?
1486. This baked dish consists of an open-topped pastry case with a savory
or sweet filling.
1487. What do you get when you cross a vampire and teacher?
1488. Who makes it, has no need of it.

Who buys it, has no use for it.
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Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?
1489. I'm a lot like a pancake, except I'm a little crisper, and I'm square, with
square patterns all over.
1490. What breaks without falling?
1491. I am known for my natural tuxedo and marching. What am I?
1492. It is the transportation of choice for princesses to attend balls.
1493. It breathes fire in fairy-tales.
1494. My first is high,

My second damp,
My whole a tie,
A writer's cramp.
1495. Sometimes I am liked, sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old, usually

I am dated. What am I?
1496. What fish came first?
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1497. What do pandas have that no other animal has?
1498. What did Adam and Eve lack that everyone else has?
1499. What's an insect's favourite sport?
1500. What is higher without the head than with it?
1501. It is basically a cake made of cow.
1502. A white field, and when it is plowed, its soil is black.
1503. The leaves are on the fruit, the fruit is on the leaves. What is it?
1504. I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
1505. A spent round or a slimy critter.
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1506. By Moon or by Sun, I shall be found.
Yet I am undone, if there's no light around.
1507. I'm a thick slice of beef or other high-quality meat or fish that is often
cooked on a grill or fried.
1508. What is the center of gravity?
1509. The itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot variety is quite popular.
1510. I eat as you turn me, my blade cutting wood.

When I am full, empty me you should.
What am I?
1511. Bumpy form of transportation in desert cultures.
1512. I love to twist and dance. Though wingless, I fly high up into the sky.
What am I?
1513. Neither bought nor sold but more valuable than gold. It is built but not
by hand. What is it?
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1514. Be sure to shout for its answers are weak, but there is no language it
cannot speak.
1515. The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foe's
attack. What are we?
1516. What is long, pink and wet and is rude to pull out in front of people?
1517. I am bigger than elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
1518. What has four legs, but can't walk?
1519. What is harder to catch the faster you run?
1520. How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?
1521. A setting that proved to be deadly for Abraham Lincoln.
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1522. Where can you find roads without cars, forests without trees and
cities without houses?
1523. The artistic vandal's best friend.
1524. I am a delicious way of representing data. What am I?
1525. They are two brothers. However much they run, they do not reach
each other.
1526. I'm a soft, sweet food made from a mixture of flour, shortening, eggs,
sugar, and other ingredients, baked and often decorated.
1527. John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.
1528. I shoot but never kill. What am I?
1529. Spies and detectives do this to phones and musical shoes make this
sound.
1530. What odd number becomes even when beheaded?
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1531. What is it that no man ever saw, which never was, but always will
be?
1532. If you blow past your destination, you'll have to throw your car into
this.
1533. Plant whose name sounds like a dish full of dairy spread.
1534. His big belly supposedly has the ability to dispense good fortune.
1535. You can read it both ways, I wear; One way it's a number, reversed a
snare.
1536. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years
old. How can this be?
1537. When filled I can point the way. But when empty unmoving I stay.
What am I?
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1538. What can you lose that will cause other people to lose theirs too?
1539. Tickle with your fingers and a song it will sing. Be careful, though,
you may break a string. What is it?
1540. A tiny bead, like fragile glass, strung along a cord of grass.
1541. You'll have to consult an optometrist if you want to improve this.
1542. Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say.
1543. What you become during a workout?
1544. My teeth are sharp, my back is straight, to cut things up it is my fate.
1545. When it comes to me, you go on red and stops on green. What am I?
1546. I go around and in the house, but never touches the house. What am I?
1547. The negative hero in each story.
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1548. What build its house with earthen string and ensnares its prey with a
biting sting?
1549. It stands upright and can be quite grand.

Its secret is not hidden but right at hand.
What is it?
1550. What rains at the north pole?
1551. I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks
wherever I go.
1552. I am brown and sticky. What am I?
1553. Rub me and a genie might appear. What am I?
1554. What always comes into the house through the keyhole?
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1555. What is not a ball but yet a sphere, and holds all lands and people year
after year?
1556. I invade your home once a year... but only if you've been good. What
am I?
1557. Timid or weak people are said to not have these.
1558. This Chocolate baked good is a soft candy made from sugar, butter,
and milk or cream.
1559. What must take a bow before it can speak?
1560. What turns from red to black as soon as it touches water?
1561. What do elves do after school?
1562. What can be seen but never found that only hides in the unwound?
1563. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
1564. Diamonds and stress have this to thank for their existence.
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1565. Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to
which the air alone gives birth.
What is it?
1566. Beautiful girls strut and sexy men 'do their little turn' on this.
1567. Cycle Cycle Cycle.
1568. There is one in every corner and two in every room.
1569. If you are a man then your best friend will eat this for dinner.
1570. Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and
hides at night?
1571. What is as big as you are and yet does not weight anything?
1572. I love to dance and twist and prance. I shake my tail, as away I sail.
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Wingless I fly into the sky.
1573. An office supply that's shaped like a trombone.
1574. It's anything but amusing when this body part gets hit.
1575. A weighty currency.
1576. The weapon of choice to create the biggest shock.
1577. What is used to yell in a text?
1578. Sauerkraut owes its existence to this head.
1579. What cruel person would sit on a baby?
1580. It has the biggest wall and is also used when drinking tea.
1581. Salty water everywhere but not sea in sight.
1582. I am always in front of you, but you will never see me.
What am I?
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1583. They try to beat me, they try in vain.

And when I win, I end the pain.
1584. I am a protector of the scoreboard. What am I?
1585. I am easy to waste and unstoppable. What am I?
1586. I am rarely touched but often held, and if you are smart you'll use me
well. What am I?
1587. Dragons are known to do this to their gold.
1588. Has a tongue, but never talks. Has no legs, but sometimes walks.
1589. I do not speak, but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?
1590. What has two hands, a round face, always runs, but stays in place?
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1591. What is the only chain we can eat?
1592. I can be driven, but have no wheels. I can be sliced, but still remains
whole. What am I?
1593. What has green hair, a round red head and a long thin white beard?
1594. Turkey day. What am I?
1595. Use me to reward good behavior. What am I?
1596. What does a stone become when in the water?
1597. I cause involuntary movements in your vehicle. What am I?
1598. Two year-old children who throw tantrums get this nickname. So did
the tsar "Ivan."
1599. My life is measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am

quick; Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
1600. I am milky white and scares people. What am I?
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1601. Maritime marauders.
1602. I am owned by Old McDonald. What am I?
1603. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
1604. What can be grown without sun or soil and can either provide
nourishment or deliver poison?
1605. I have a head, tail, but no arms and legs. What am I?
1606. If you drive on this, pedestrians and the police will be pretty upset
with you.
1607. Green but not a lizard, white without being snow, and bearded without
being a man.
1608. I have two legs, but they only touch the ground while I'm at rest. What
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am I?
1609. What has a horn but does not work?
1610. Low on cash? Pick out items from this rack.
1611. It's shorter than the rest, but when you're happy, you raise it up like
it's the best. What is it?
1612. Its days are numbered.
1613. Hoofed frolicking.
1614. This food is a tortilla filled with cheese and sometimes chicken before
being heated or cooked.
1615. I am so delicious that I require a house to contain me. What am I?
1616. It is able to speak because it has a hard gone. You know what it is as
soon as it has sung. What is it?
1617. A mechanism to discover who is following you.
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1618. A sport with love and service played by singles and pairs.
1619. I lose my head in the morning and regain back it at night. What am I?
1620. I'm a fruit that grows on a tree. Some of my varieties include Red
Delicious and Granny Smith.
1621. Where do butterflies sleep?
1622. When it's dirty this should never be aired in public.
1623. I am a way to say goodbye to your sweetheart. What am I?
1624. Sheets of paper that tell new stories each day.
1625. A king wears one on his head.
1626.
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Small edible creature from the sea that is often served at restaurants.
1627. What do we see every day, kings see rarely, and God never sees?
1628. You use lots of me, yet right you use me when you're done. What am I?
1629. What is it that has a power socket on one end and a corkscrew on the
other?
1630. You saw me where I could not be.

Yet, often you see me.
What am I?
1631. Do what he says and you'll be fine, don't and you lose the game.
1632. I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by
reappearing.
1633. I am a vegetable that bugs stay away from. What am I?
1634. What type of drink is usually added to cereal in the morning?
1635. This both describes gorgeous woman and an excellent punch.
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1636. I can fall off a building and live, but in water I will die. What am I?
1637. It can be done to buttons and shopping carts. What is it?
1638. If you're stealing honey, be prepared to receive vengeance in this

form.
1639. We are two brothers on opposite sides of the road, but we never see
each other. Who are we?
1640. This is needed both for courage and hardcover books.
1641. What zips through the sky with a tail of fire and dust. It could be an
omen, its origin to discuss?
1642. I can whistle

I can howl
I can scream
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And I can whisper
But I do not speak.
What am I?
1643. What has you stop on green and go on red?
1644. What 8 letter word can have a letter taken out and still be a word?
1645. What is far behind us, and can be seen without looking at it?
1646. How do you go from 98 to 720 using just one letter?
1647. Needed to jack, but also to carp. I can’t be used In rust, but can in the
grass. What am I?
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1648. 123=0
4235=0
656=2
5390=2
8890=6
1001=2
19235=1
What is 123456789?
1649. Born in an instant. I tell all stories. I can be lost. But I never die. What
am I?
1650. What day, within a week of today, does not end in "Y"?
1651. I am a term used to confirm. But take away my front, my face, I

become known as human avarice.
1652.
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What goes up and never comes down?
1653. Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
1654. How many seconds are in a year?
1655. What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it,
the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die?
1656. What can be found at the beginning of eternity the end of time and
space the beginning of every end?
1657. With shiny fangs , my bloodless bite will bring together what's mostly
white. What am I?
1658. If you say my name i no longer exist. What am i?
1659. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got
me. What am i?
1660. What can you not eat for breakfast?
1661. I am heavy forward but backwards I'm not. What am I?
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1662. What is heavy forward but not backward?
1663. What gets bigger the more you take away?
1664. During what month do people sleep the least?
1665. What lives when it eats and dies when it drinks?
1666. What flies when it's born lies when it's alive and runs when it's dead?
1667. What month do people sleep the least?
1668. A plane crashed on the border or US and Canada. Where do they bury
the survivors?
1669. What has a mouth but can't talk?
1670.
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I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?
1671. Once I'm 24. Twice I'm 20. Three times I'm inappropriate. What am I?
1672. What stays where it is when it goes off?
1673. What type of bow can never be tied?
1674. Why didn't the monster eat the crazy person?
1675. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
1676. You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
1677. What is full of holes but still holds water?
1678. What does a rich man needs that a poor man has?
1679. How far can a dog run into the woods?
1680. Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am

nothing. What am I?
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1681. When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
1682. What room do ghosts avoid?
1683. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
1684. You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
1685. What can you hear but not touch or see?
1686. What is the last thing you take off before bed?
1687. If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
1688. Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each
letter from it?
1689.
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What is in the middle of the sky?
1690. Why is 6 afraid of 7?
1691. I have numbers on my face but can't find 13 any place. What am i?
1692. What can you hold in your left hand and not in your right?
1693. What has hands but can not clap?
1694. How does a dog cross a river without getting wet?
1695. What is the wealthiest nut?
1696. I am a bird, I am a fruit and I am a person. What am I?
1697. What fruit never ever wants to be alone?
1698. What kind of food do mummies like to eat?
1699. I am the sweetest and most romantic fruit. What am I?
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1700. What is the longest fruit?
1701. What fruit loves to go crazy and go wild?
1702. What is the coolest and most awesome of all the vegetables?
1703. What fruit can you use to sip water?
1704. What fruit is always sad?
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Answers
1. braids 29. piggy bank

2. diamonds 30. daughter
3. penny 31. yoyo
4. suicide 32. light
5. stamp 33. teapot
6. SWIMS 34. Mississippi
7. temperature 35. roof
8. incorrectly 36. glove
9. water 37. shadow
10. ruler 38. chair
11. odometer 39. eraser
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12. piano 40. cupcake
13. iceberg 41. horse
14. stone 42. short
15. address 43. outside
16. television 44. cat
17. mailbox 45. library
18. wrong 46. envelope
19. yesterday 47. courtship
20. noon 48. temper
21. ant 49. carpet
22. weights 50. slow pygmies
23. lounger 51. dead fish
24. dictionary 52. wrap
25. light switch 53. cold
26. ton 54. cool music
27. match 55. post office
28. needle 56. lighthouse
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57. chat room 86. oyster

58. mushroom 87. noose
59. stairs 88. record
60. Edam 89. thimble
61. wedding ring 90. wheelbarrow
62. ruler 91. mouth
63. bacon 92. icicle
64. brick 93. bottle
65. lawsuit 94. flag
66. tan coat 95. towel
67. ship 96. silence
68. crab tree 97. egg
69. dead end 98. balloon
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70. jar 99. kangaroo
71. steps 100. earrings
72. banana 101. dog
73. chisel 102. tomorrow
74. beads 103. pea
75. lap 104. lock
76. plow 105. pillow
77. lobster 106. red paint
78. lantern 107. chalkboard
79. respect 108. rainbow
80. poker hand 109. popcorn
81. sandal 110. automobile
82. shoe 111. frog
83. vowels 112. queue
84. cards 113. telephone
85. redemption 114. hole
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115. poison 144. alcohol

116. pun 145. keyhole
117. spider 146. party
118. herring 147. camera
119. yardstick 148. hatred
120. jumbo 149. cork
121. bullet 150. drum
122. handcuffs 151. spinning top
123. human hair 152. chessmen
124. toothpaste 153. salt
125. onion 154. pride
126. supper 155. arm
127. iron 156. chain
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128. right angle 157. corners
129. cherry 158. candle
130. stockings 159. plate
131. sugarcane 160. doorbell
132. sweet corn 161. radish
133. promise 162. train
134. pineapple 163. potato
135. ditch 164. time
136. fleas 165. chocolate
137. peace 166. ladder
138. birth 167. calculator
139. newspapers 168. fire
140. military time 169. street
141. parking lot 170. battery
142. turtle 171. sand
143. clothesline 172. blouse
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173. backpack 201. 1, 2 and 3

174. bubble 202. The ball costs 5c. Not 10c. One dollar
more than 10c is $1.10, $1.10 + 10c is $1.20 One
175. fishhook
dollar more than 5c is $1.05. The sum of
176. eyelashes which is $1.10.
177. ball 203. clock
178. secret 204. 70. 20 divided by 1/2 + 30 = 70
179. mist 205. 180 centimeters.
180. strainer 206. Give them 1 fifty dollar bill, 1 twenty
dollar bill, 1 five dollar bill and 4 two dollar
181. fingerprints
bills.
182. smoke
207. Zero. Anything multiplied by 0 will equal
183. sieve 0.
184. well 208. Pi
185. pixel 209. 100.
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186. grass 210. (365 x 4) + 1 = 1461. Because one of the
187. Rubik's cube years is a leap year.
188. W and S for days of the week 211. 0
189. Married couples 212. 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
190. Your mother. 213. five
191. Five minutes. 214. 2 + 5 = 3 + 4
192. Today is her eleventh birthday. 215. Add two matches to make a roman
numeral eight.
193. windows
216. One brick weighs 2 kilograms.
194. The Ostrich. It doesn't fly.
217. I have so many problems.
195. A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly
when it matures and becomes a butterfly. 218. I must be 23 if my father is twice as old
as me.
196. They are born in different time zones.
219. 40 cents. The price of each fruit is
197. CYGTNLITS = Can you guess the next calculated by multiplying the number of
letter in the series. vowels by 20c.
198. Your picture. 220. I am 40 and my daughter is 10.
199. The 27th. 221. darkness
200. Only one - the "last" one. 222. Mercury
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223. barber 252. cabbage

224. egg 253. drool
225. milk truck 254. pencil
226. anchor 255. salad
227. Your breath. 256. elephant
228. tongue 257. towel
229. The Moon. 258. spine
230. Your word. 259. firefly
231. echo 260. temper
232. name 261. paddle
233. wave 262. century
234. mirror 263. crown
235. submarine 264. web
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236. guilty 265. breath
237. mind 266. mercury
238. clock 267. giant
239. air 268. meat
240. onion rings 269. donut
241. heart 270. raven
242. fire 271. aladdin
243. broommates 272. goose
244. bungee 273. fingers
245. saw 274. desert
246. chicken 275. flea
247. finish 276. peerless
248. bookkeeper 277. clock
249. letter 278. kite
250. troll 279. bermuda
251. slowly 280. leaves
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281. spam 310. sword

282. compass 311. gavel
283. blood 312. ladder
284. funeral 313. dinner
285. oval 314. peter pan
286. fire 315. parachute
287. emerald 316. blackboard
288. yam 317. lemons
289. aces 318. tail
290. tubmarine 319. fire
291. tree 320. beaver
292. sawdust 321. hole
293. flare 322. hole
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294. telephone 323. lion
295. literate 324. binary
296. kittens 325. G
297. home run 326. boat
298. clock 327. stuffed
299. Andrew 328. hair
300. lightning 329. hole
301. frog 330. time
302. paparazzi 331. touchdown
303. shadow 332. cloud
304. dream 333. meatball
305. ring 334. anchor
306. stage 335. Santa Claus
307. bicycle 336. Georgia
308. L 337. teeth
309. noose 338. politics
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339. footstep 368. jam

340. memories 369. elephant
341. love 370. sieve
342. moose 371. coin
343. bacteria 372. ice
344. fetch 373. grandfather clock
345. Wizard of Oz 374. inkstand
346. table 375. phone
347. clock 376. skull
348. urchin 377. glass
349. elder 378. joker
350. painting 379. snow
351. quit 380. code
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352. match 381. traffic light
353. sand 382. voice
354. hole 383. GPS
355. E 384. wish
356. telephone 385. death
357. whale 386. chicken
358. glove 387. egg
359. pearl 388. lap
360. yeast 389. answers
361. ink 390. You are.
362. yard 391. lick
363. cup 392. alcohol
364. chalkboard 393. unicorn
365. horn 394. kilt
366. dive 395. pinch
367. nest 396. cake
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397. hearse 426. doubt

398. rainbow 427. silence
399. drain 428. starfish
400. camera 429. illegal
401. fig leaf 430. sun
402. chicken 431. humorous
403. shirt 432. wrap
404. magic 433. piggy bank
405. sibling 434. reflection
406. wedding ring 435. diploma
407. sponge 436. letter
408. cricket 437. human
409. hydrogen 438. nail
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410. imposter 439. photo
411. carrot 440. lint
412. grumble 441. sink
413. Milky Way 442. bumblebee
414. water 443. bulldog
415. birthday 444. soup
416. jerky 445. helmet
417. goose 446. will
418. llama 447. key
419. shadow 448. S
420. clock 449. vampire
421. bear hug 450. microwave
422. bugs bunny 451. moon
423. heart 452. termite
424. taxi 453. one word
425. rabies 454. Europe
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455. ankles 484. train tracks

456. cigarette 485. broccoli
457. orange 486. decision
458. year 487. fire
459. CPR 488. comet
460. X-ray 489. bookworm
461. pregnant 490. head-butt
462. baldness 491. dictionary
463. fight 492. kite
464. jaws 493. racecar
465. cheeks 494. teeth
466. tree 495. nose
467. evergreen 496. pumps
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468. bridge 497. Dead Sea
469. tree 498. compass
470. oval 499. pirates
471. cash cow 500. skeleton
472. hot dog 501. circle
473. nine 502. iceberg
474. frog 503. apology
475. brain 504. blood
476. lice 505. ruler
477. radiator 506. copycat
478. puppy 507. mirror
479. smoke 508. camcorder
480. and 509. river
481. leg 510. map
482. key 511. dozens
483. Atlantic 512. periodic
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513. showers 542. popcorn

514. chest 543. measure
515. tree 544. field goal
516. whisper 545. fat cat
517. recorder 546. heart
518. one 547. tulips
519. sandwich 548. library
520. necklace 549. matterhorn
521. light 550. grandpa
522. gravity 551. banana
523. iron 552. R
524. sprinkler 553. octopus
525. Miss Moneypenny 554. railroad
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526. blue 555. diluted
527. sewer 556. donkey
528. burrito 557. stars
529. teeth 558. ice
530. mattress 559. crab
531. odometer 560. telephone
532. dandruff 561. goosebumps
533. pupil 562. pasta
534. tank top 563. hairy
535. daisy 564. egg
536. key 565. balloon
537. bottle 566. comb
538. Microsoft 567. calendar
539. cloud 568. theatre
540. whip 569. scales
541. witch 570. dandelion
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571. rain 600. telephone

572. cherry 601. bread
573. fax 602. gum
574. ring 603. meteor
575. duct tape 604. grey
576. cheers 605. table
577. bunny 606. ghost
578. clock 607. rainbow
579. hell 608. calzone
580. jello 609. iron ore
581. tower 610. ice
582. photograph 611. nose
583. beard 612. match
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584. midnight 613. vegetarian
585. fetch 614. elephant
586. fork 615. boxing ring
587. hunger 616. mustache
588. lobe 617. scrooge
589. horizon 618. vitamin
590. myself 619. petite
591. laser 620. Ohio
592. mullet 621. aluminum
593. bumper car 622. Mount Rushmore
594. backpack 623. blood
595. second 624. flyswatter
596. spider 625. memories
597. dancer 626. dentures
598. justice 627. eraser
599. scratch 628. imagination
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629. I 658. cemetery

630. debt 659. baseball
631. mirror 660. uranus
632. fingernail 661. icicle
633. cane 662. pig
634. money 663. crown
635. unicycle 664. towel
636. amen 665. dice
637. mercury 666. shampoo
638. twelve 667. reflection
639. blackbird 668. nest
640. lie 669. bench
641. week 670. watch
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642. watchman 671. stove
643. knit 672. charcoal
644. sun 673. doorknob
645. asparagus 674. earth
646. date 675. pumpkin
647. broom 676. bowling ball
648. Stonehenge 677. gun
649. chicken 678. hair
650. apple 679. ink
651. gladiator 680. beehive
652. advice 681. string
653. hoof 682. fence
654. music 683. honorable
655. snail 684. bull
656. sloth 685. comb
657. electricity 686. guitarist
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687. eyeliner 716. chess

688. paper route 717. egg
689. man 718. fork
690. gravity 719. heart
691. secret 720. shoe
692. milk 721. back hair
693. T 722. eagle
694. spider 723. mind
695. thunder 724. burp
696. strawberry 725. woman
697. cheese 726. bongos
698. bathroom 727. M
699. dough 728. nine
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700. blink 729. jelly
701. imposter 730. elevator
702. mirage 731. crust
703. ravioli 732. pick
704. lightning 733. wind
705. water 734. mother
706. judge 735. scissors
707. candle 736. shadow
708. mercury 737. 2
709. stranger 738. rainbow
710. unknown 739. bully
711. windmill 740. water
712. bible 741. spikes
713. milk shake 742. season
714. fire 743. wind
715. home 744. height
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745. footlong 774. tree

746. giants 775. wet
747. barium 776. fingers
748. nut 777. is
749. dark ages 778. cavity
750. catfish 779. echo
751. turtle 780. soap
752. future 781. chimney
753. halfway 782. thirst
754. six pack 783. word
755. quick draw 784. skull
756. paint 785. onion
757. middleman 786. egg
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758. blueberry 787. ASAP
759. dog 788. G
760. pretzel 789. tomorrow
761. toaster 790. bagpipes
762. bass 791. trio
763. drum 792. squirrel
764. My son. 793. compass
765. finger food 794. charcoal
766. rain 795. water
767. stroke 796. manger
768. fondue 797. hollow
769. foot 798. banana
770. metronome 799. groceries
771. charcoal 800. rowboat
772. parrot 801. leaf
773. oasis 802. watchdog
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803. coin 832. fire

804. Mexico 833. torture
805. road 834. babysitter
806. nail 835. drugs
807. scales 836. cigarette
808. milkshake 837. web
809. orange 838. water
810. tree 839. foot
811. Eve 840. march
812. money 841. time
813. candy cane 842. audience
814. neck 843. pencil
815. platypus 844. twins
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816. dog 845. hope
817. sword 846. bread
818. cheese 847. newspaper
819. worm 848. juggling
820. Hollywood 849. cloud
821. police car 850. apple
822. english muffin 851. death
823. saloon 852. umbrella
824. shadow 853. gator
825. yardstick 854. grapevine
826. anchor 855. curse
827. earth day 856. hourglass
828. prisoner 857. books
829. kite 858. feather
830. trunk 859. newspaper
831. macaroni 860. nachos
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861. Sphinx 890. snowman

862. tupperware 891. head
863. bridge 892. portrait
864. french fries 893. dolphin
865. case 894. watermelon
866. princes 895. hip-hop
867. peach 896. darkness
868. birthday 897. promise
869. scissors 898. door
870. eye 899. finger
871. riverbank 900. reflection
872. name 901. noon
873. river 902. balloon
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874. map 903. incorrectly
875. corn 904. parrot
876. flood 905. arrow
877. nail-biter 906. few
878. oceans 907. river
879. fire 908. tree
880. marble 909. corn
881. beach 910. tennis ball
882. donut 911. eggs
883. Minecraft 912. cinnamon
884. spaceship 913. twister
885. dandelion 914. lighthouse
886. raid 915. cat
887. cool cat 916. lantern
888. shoe 917. seat belt
889. eggs and bacon 918. ruler
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919. time 948. skin

920. noise 949. sand
921. paperclip 950. Dutch
922. abbreviation 951. triangle
923. marble 952. columbus
924. birthmark 953. needle
925. touchdown 954. French
926. nest eggs 955. flexible
927. net 956. eleven
928. potato 957. rug
929. bully 958. cookie
930. life 959. hanger
931. ladder 960. liquid
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932. palindrome 961. money
933. shoe 962. echo
934. gutter 963. delete
935. gravestone 964. twilight
936. ruler 965. cereal
937. towel 966. footprint
938. ninja 967. ice
939. schmooze 968. lawsuits
940. beetle 969. tongs
941. teeth 970. crow
942. assorted nuts 971. jelly
943. wallet 972. chess
944. mario 973. paper towels
945. bell 974. lobster
946. slippers 975. rooster
947. jambalaya 976. gloves
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977. pizza 1006. snow

978. fondue 1007. nothing
979. truth 1008. baggage
980. Japan 1009. heart
981. moon 1010. picture
982. purr 1011. solo
983. adios 1012. comet
984. piano 1013. waddle
985. Nice belt. 1014. bell
986. pupil 1015. children
987. telescope 1016. clone
988. suspenders 1017. womb
989. weary 1018. goose
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990. oil 1019. snowsuit
991. chair 1020. bunny
992. ivy 1021. peacock
993. coconut 1022. cotton
994. window 1023. shoes
995. hands 1024. wind
996. air force 1025. island
997. hammer 1026. night
998. gadget 1027. war
999. lollipop 1028. today
1000. W 1029. cherry
1001. busboy 1030. alien
1002. spell 1031. junk
1003. forty 1032. wave
1004. crane 1033. knight gown
1005. heart 1034. F
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1035. fib 1064. book

1036. backstab 1065. carpet
1037. strawberry 1066. train
1038. intelligence 1067. lemonade
1039. breath 1068. music
1040. post office 1069. train
1041. Babel 1070. White House
1042. thirsty 1071. engine
1043. cake 1072. shamrock
1044. graceful 1073. loud
1045. space 1074. pickle
1046. garlic 1075. corset
1047. politician 1076. They don't like eating fast food.
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1048. yesterday 1077. el
1049. hydrogen 1078. blt
1050. secret 1079. bomb
1051. currency 1080. candy
1052. lamp 1081. bread
1053. green thumb 1082. hunger
1054. eat 1083. egg
1055. saw 1084. fingertips
1056. actor 1085. mouse
1057. tires 1086. glove
1058. priest 1087. umbrella
1059. mirror 1088. jingle
1060. bread stick 1089. eight ball
1061. temper 1090. fries
1062. spring 1091. music
1063. buck 1092. chicken
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1093. seat belt 1122. cat

1094. weight 1123. needle
1095. staples 1124. zebra
1096. snowflake 1125. heart
1097. noon 1126. stepmother
1098. book 1127. music
1099. musician 1128. lock
1100. choice 1129. ravens
1101. leather 1130. skeleton
1102. doggy bag 1131. Las Vegas
1103. paralyze 1132. light
1104. leaves 1133. T
1105. dice 1134. hot dog
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1106. dollhouse 1135. dad
1107. candle 1136. sane
1108. helicopter 1137. nail polish
1109. button 1138. music
1110. clock 1139. Bill
1111. volcano 1140. coffin
1112. bat 1141. fan
1113. paper 1142. swallow
1114. crabapple 1143. odometer
1115. celery 1144. turtleneck
1116. blood bank 1145. H
1117. river 1146. aloha
1118. gold 1147. bottom
1119. popular 1148. coin
1120. shipwreck 1149. T
1121. heart 1150. vampire
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1151. bridge 1180. thunderware

1152. corn 1181. nothing
1153. pebbles 1182. sandwich
1154. bat 1183. saturnday
1155. coffin 1184. pirate ship
1156. E 1185. homework
1157. knuckle 1186. boomerang
1158. beggars 1187. David
1159. angel 1188. mustard
1160. smoke 1189. silence
1161. bat 1190. banana
1162. kite 1191. wall
1163. shower 1192. soul
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1164. flower 1193. salt
1165. bat 1194. chin
1166. half 1195. pole
1167. fish 1196. time
1168. pelt 1197. report card
1169. autobiography 1198. starfish
1170. frisbee 1199. belt
1171. earthworm 1200. wise
1172. daredevil 1201. carpet
1173. photographer 1202. bed
1174. shave 1203. chimney
1175. shoe 1204. camera
1176. Bunch 1205. calculator
1177. shovel 1206. donut
1178. plant 1207. leviathan
1179. carpet 1208. three
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1209. seed 1238. 12

1210. egg 1239. shocking
1211. highway 1240. autobiography
1212. snow 1241. net
1213. capital 1242. bat
1214. fox 1243. dew
1215. water 1244. instruments
1216. toothbrush 1245. candle
1217. dairy 1246. window
1218. whip 1247. ice
1219. treat 1248. hard hat
1220. tune 1249. rain
1221. doll 1250. glasses
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1222. mirror 1251. sunflower
1223. light 1252. shadow
1224. reflex 1253. picture
1225. dwarf 1254. spelling
1226. sugar 1255. Last supper
1227. slipper 1256. copycat
1228. reflection 1257. trumpet
1229. turkey 1258. castle
1230. superhero 1259. dwarf
1231. tadpole 1260. fragile
1232. bow 1261. remark
1233. secret 1262. rhino
1234. wealth 1263. north pole
1235. trouble 1264. wings
1236. nose 1265. riddle
1237. Popeye 1266. married
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1267. shin 1296. chair

1268. sundress 1297. nothing
1269. beaver 1298. rowboat
1270. breath 1299. chess
1271. lullaby 1300. calories
1272. vaccum 1301. chicken
1273. grass 1302. cucumber
1274. glasses 1303. bed
1275. job 1304. shadow
1276. kilt 1305. compass
1277. alphabet 1306. fur coat
1278. horseman 1307. witch
1279. dungeon 1308. nothing
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1280. finger 1309. stapler
1281. bed 1310. Tarzan
1282. moth 1311. 2
1283. king 1312. cows
1284. calendar 1313. space chips
1285. art 1314. sawdust
1286. bark 1315. pots
1287. nose 1316. anthem
1288. roach 1317. sharks
1289. thanks 1318. Q
1290. sunglasses 1319. scratch
1291. wholesome 1320. triangle
1292. worm 1321. teeth
1293. banana 1322. blackboard
1294. match 1323. coffee bean
1295. fingers 1324. N
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1325. cherry 1354. gum

1326. cat 1355. drama
1327. belch 1356. seal
1328. lungs 1357. sponge
1329. doors 1358. scholarship
1330. ocean 1359. canine
1331. television 1360. fire
1332. hole 1361. hike
1333. wedgie 1362. hidden
1334. teenager 1363. noise
1335. gorilla 1364. hump
1336. wave 1365. appendix
1337. cafeteria 1366. thunder
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1338. chalk 1367. needle
1339. burger 1368. nose
1340. Moonwalk 1369. fragile
1341. trash bag 1370. M
1342. avalanche 1371. violin
1343. 20 1372. scarecrow
1344. bat 1373. smoke
1345. fire 1374. mustard
1346. pep talk 1375. promise
1347. clothes hanger 1376. toast
1348. armor 1377. hiccup
1349. bald spot 1378. puzzle
1350. storm 1379. seven
1351. brave 1380. cat
1352. mice 1381. club soda
1353. diploma 1382. night
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1383. gun 1412. ace

1384. fang 1413. tater tots
1385. sea 1414. juicy
1386. Las Vegas 1415. salt
1387. voice 1416. school bus
1388. star 1417. lunch
1389. bluebird 1418. wetland
1390. echo 1419. magic wand
1391. fog 1420. atlas
1392. tree 1421. breath
1393. fence 1422. sun
1394. hand 1423. hole
1395. chaperone 1424. shirt
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1396. eraser 1425. rooster
1397. Yoda 1426. one
1398. wax 1427. ice
1399. clearance 1428. orange
1400. fart 1429. nose
1401. riddle 1430. Friday
1402. wok 1431. hiss
1403. balloon 1432. car
1404. doctor 1433. breath
1405. time 1434. fish
1406. father 1435. apple pie
1407. sausage 1436. Snow White
1408. lamp 1437. deck
1409. compass 1438. report card
1410. crab 1439. credit card
1411. lava 1440. news
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1441. joke 1470. laundry

1442. umbrella 1471. toes
1443. power 1472. hubby
1444. pavlovian 1473. computer
1445. garbage truck 1474. shoelace
1446. bottle 1475. leaf
1447. bikini 1476. first base
1448. phone 1477. neutral
1449. headache 1478. opera
1450. flag 1479. pie
1451. hell 1480. grape
1452. sidewalk 1481. library
1453. baking soda 1482. yell
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1454. bubble 1483. tomorrow
1455. sky 1484. ring
1456. bladder 1485. rice
1457. appendix 1486. flan
1458. croakroom 1487. blood test
1459. flashlight 1488. coffin
1460. paper 1489. waffles
1461. carrot 1490. day
1462. props 1491. penguin
1463. bird 1492. carriage
1464. coast guard 1493. dragon
1465. hate 1494. hyphen
1466. rainbow 1495. history
1467. chess 1496. goldfish
1468. R 1497. baby pandas
1469. cavities 1498. parents
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1499. cricket 1528. camera

1500. pillow 1529. tap
1501. meat loaf 1530. seven
1502. paper 1531. tomorrow
1503. pineapple 1532. reverse
1504. soap 1533. buttercup
1505. slug 1534. Buddha
1506. shadow 1535. ten
1507. steak 1536. The person was born in 2005 B.C.
(Before Christ). Therefore, he was 5 years old
1508. V
in 2000 B.C, 10 in 1995 B.C, and 15 in 1990 B.C.
1509. bikini
1537. glove
1510. sharpener
1538. temper
1511. camel
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1539. guitar
1512. kite
1540. dew
1513. trust
1541. sight
1514. echo
1542. flag
1515. pawns
1543. sweaty
1516. tongue
1544. saw
1517. wind
1545. watermelon
1518. table
1546. Sun
1519. Your breath.
1547. villain
1520. none
1548. spider
1521. theater
1549. piano
1522. map
1550. reindeer
1523. spray paint
1551. pencil
1524. pie chart
1552. stick
1525. wheels
1553. lamp
1526. cake
1554. key
1527. walrus
1555. earth
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1556. Santa Claus 1585. time

1557. backbone 1586. tongue
1558. fudge 1587. hoard
1559. violin 1588. shoe
1560. ember 1589. alphabet
1561. gnomework 1590. clock
1562. relaxation 1591. food chain
1563. silence 1592. gold ball
1564. pressure 1593. radish
1565. echo 1594. thanksgiving
1566. catwalk 1595. treat
1567. tricycle 1596. whetstone
1568. O 1597. tow truck
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1569. dog food 1598. terrible
1570. fly 1599. candle
1571. shadow 1600. ghost
1572. kite 1601. pirate
1573. paperclip 1602. farm
1574. funny bone 1603. C
1575. pound 1604. mushroom
1576. stungun 1605. coin
1577. caps 1606. sidewalk
1578. cabbage 1607. leek
1579. babysitter 1608. wheelbarrow
1580. China 1609. rhinoceros
1581. tears 1610. clearance
1582. future 1611. thumb
1583. death 1612. calendar
1584. goalie 1613. horseplay
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1614. quesadilla 1643. watermelon

1615. pancakes 1644. envelope
1616. bell 1645. The past
1617. rearview 1646. Add an "x" between "ninety" and
"eight". Ninety x Eight = 720
1618. tennis
1647. The letter "A"
1619. pillow
1648. 4.
1620. apple
1649. memories
1621. caterpillows
1650. tomorrow
1622. laundry
1651. agreed
1623. kiss
1652. Your age
1624. newspaper
1653. fire
1625. crown
1654. 12 of them: January 2nd, February 2nd,
1626. shrimp
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March 2nd, etc.
1627. equal
1655. nothing
1628. toilet paper
1656. The letter "E"
1629. pig
1657. stapler
1630. reflection
1658. silence
1631. Simon
1659. secret
1632. T
1660. Lunch or dinner
1633. squash
1661. ton
1634. milk
1662. ton
1635. knockout
1663. hole
1636. paper
1664. February, because it is the shortest
1637. push month.
1638. sting 1665. fire
1639. eyes 1666. snowflake
1640. spine 1667. February, the shortest month.
1641. comet 1668. Nowhere, because the survivors are
alive.
1642. wind
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1671. The letter "X" 1688. Staring (starting, staring, string, sting,
sing, sin, in, I)
1672. Alarm clock
1689. The letter "k"
1673. rainbow
1690. Because 7 ate 9 (7, 8, 9).
1674. He was allergic to nuts.
1691. clock
1675. palm
1692. Your right elbow.
1676. odometer
1693. clock
1677. sponge
1694. The river is frozen.
1678. nothing
1695. cashew
1679. Only halfway, after that, he's running
out of the woods. 1696. kiwi
1680. The number 8. 1697. A pear.
1681. In the dictionary. 1698. wraps
1682. living room 1699. honeydew
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1683. A deck of playing cards. 1700. longan
1684. reflection 1701. bananas
1685. Your voice. 1702. rad-ish
1686. Your feet off the floor. 1703. straw-berry
1687. There is no smoke, it’s an electric train. 1704. blueberry
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1. One strand dangles. Two strands twist.

2. Precious stones in a pack of cards.

3. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

4. Can you think of a crime that is punishable if attempted but not

5. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

6. What word looks the same upside down and backwards?

7. What can be measured but has no length, width or height?

9. Your reflection can be seen here, as long as you're not moving.

10. Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.

12. I have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door.

15. What type of dress can never be worn?

17. What's that 7 letter word with thousands of letters in it?

19. What is something you will never see again?

20. What time is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

21. He's small but he can climb a tower.

26. Forwards I am heavy, but backwards I am not.

28. What has one eye but cannot see?

29. I have a pet, his body is full of coins.

30. A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.

31. Even if you throw it away, it still comes back.

34. What has 4 eyes but can't see?

35. What is all over a house?

36. What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not living?

37. Everyone has me but nobody can lose me.

38. I have four legs, a back, but no head. What am I?

40. What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

41. What always goes to bed with its shoes on?

43. Which side of a cat has the most fur?

44. I have eight to spare and am covered with hair.

45. What building has the most stories?

47. What ship has no captain but two mates?

48. The shorter I am, the bigger I am.

49. What is bought by the yard by is worn by the foot?

50. What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?

51. There is a kind of fish that can never swim.

52. What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?

53. What can you catch but not throw?

54. What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?

56. What type of house weighs the least?

57. What kind of room doesn't have physical walls?

58. What kind of room has no doors or windows?

59. What goes up and down without moving?

60. Which popular cheese is made backwards?

62. What has a foot but no leg?

64. What's red and bad for your teeth?

65. What is it that no man wants, but no man wants to lose?

67. Weight in my belly, trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, feet I do lack.

68. Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?

69. What kind of street does a ghost like best?

70. What has a big mouth, yet never speaks?

74. I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord.

76. When the creeper passes, all the grass kneels.

80. What can you fold but not crease?

81. I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it stops.

83. We are five little objects of an everyday sort,

84. What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

86. I ate one and threw away two.

91. A deep well full of knives

93. With head without hair. With mouth without tooth.

95. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

96. What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

98. I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall.